Some Sicilians say that their island is a land of contradictions. To see this for yourself, all you have to do is wander through the streets of its capital, Palermo. Overrun by tourists, both in (.)
Giovanni Brusca completed 25 years in prison for murder, including the killings of Giovanni Falcone, an anti-mafia crusader and a 14-year-old boy he dissolved in acid. He later became an informant.
Andrea Buglisi has created a 30-m high mural of assassinated judge Giovanni Falcone Courtesy of Alessandro De Lisi
Four major public art commissions honouring victims of the Mafia have been unveiled in Palermo, marking the start of a three year project which aims to unite the local community in their collective opposition to organised crime.
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Spazi Capaci, the project includes the first ever contemporary art exhibition in the high-security bunker of the Ucciardone prison, built for the Maxi Trial, the landmark criminal trial of Mafia bosses, which took place in Palermo from 1986 to 1992.
Patrizio Bianchi, Italy’s education minister, attended the inauguration of the project on 23 May. The date marked the 29th anniversary of the Capaci massacre, when a car bomb placed by the Mafia along the A29 motorway exploded, killing the Maxi Trial judge Giovanni Falcone.