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| A doorway leads to an exquisitely painted withdrawing room. | ||
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| ...the main bedroom. | ||
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| The master and mistress' water closet & bidet. | ||
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| The music room. | ||
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| With the original ceramic floor. | ||
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| The chapel behind the villa is dated 1702. | ||
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| Old grinding wheel still in use. | ||
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| A Sicilian, once painted, cart. | ||
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| The vestiges of several Neolithic huts were identified in the Scalvi area behind Casa Sollima. | ||
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| The excavation of one the huts by the Cambridge-Belfast archaeological team with the superintendenza of Enna... | ||
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| ...spanned several years contributing much to knowldge of the subject. | ||
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| Assisted by parents and archirect Luciano Allegra, students of the Don Bosco school constructed a 1:10 scale model of the hut. | ||
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| Burial chambers hewn from the rocks... | ||
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| ...during the Neolithic. | ||
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| Teachers Anna Maria Campione, Antonia Carrubba, Maria Concetta Di Blasi and Mariangela Ruggeri co-ordinated the project: Historic Hut - the school creates its little museum, which was financed by the Regional Department of Culture. | ||
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| To the North of Troina, the Ancipa dam, built in the 1950s, created the Sartori lake... | ||
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| ...collecting water which powers 5 turbines much further along the valley. | ||
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| When the waters are low, an ancient mill can be seen on the shore. | ||
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