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52 Reasons to Love Sicily. #33. Human Super Heroes. On May 23, 1992, in Capaci along Sicily’s autostrada between the Punta Raisi airport and Palermo, a half-ton of explosives was detonated under the highway, killing anti-mafia prosecutor Giovanni Falcone, his wife Francesca Morvillo, and his police detail including Rocco Dicillo, Antonio Montinaro, and Vito Schifani. The blast, which registered on earthquake monitors, was the masterwork of the Sicilian mafia. Falcone was targeted because of his life's work: arresting, holding accountable, and imprisoning those involved in the plague of organized corruption that had crippled Sicily for decades. Falcone and his fellow prosecutor, Paolo Borsellino, were super heroes, having risked (and subsequently sacrificed) their lives for the greater good. The calculated murder of both of these men (Borsellino sadly, soon after, in July 1992) prompted a tremor through the hearts of Sicilians. This magnanimous event marked one of the incidents that inspired a grassroots effort to stop the disease of the Sicilian Mafia. An effort that was started by two brave men, and now continues through the fortitude of the millions of Sicilians who they inspired. #52reasonstolovesicily #nomafia #adiopizzo #giovannifalcone #thisissicily #experiencesicily #seeyousoonsicily #sicily #sicilia #palermo #siciliabedda #italy #italia #sicilyvacation #sicilians_world #ig_sicily #igerssicilia #instasicilia #sicily_tricolors #ig_visitsicily #Sicilia_PhotoGroup #smallgrouptours #traveltogether #authenticsicily #smallgrouptoursitaly (at Palermo, Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPNMX9hlj3W/?utm_medium=tumblr

Men pass, but ideas remain. Remain as moral strength that lives on in the strides of future generations. “Gli uomini passano,  ma le idee restano. Restano le tensioni morali che continueranno a camminare sulle gambe di altri uomini," said Giovanni Falcone (pictured left). .. On May 23, 1992, in Capaci, along Sicily’s autostrada between the Punta Raisi airport and Palermo, a half-ton of explosives were detonated under the highway killing anti-mafia magistrate Giovanni Falcone, his wife Francesca Morvillo, and his police detail including Rocco Dicillo, Antonio Montinaro, and Vito Schifani. The blast, which registered on earthquake monitors, was the masterwork of the Sicilian mafia. The calculated murder of their hero also sent a tremor through the hearts of Sicilians. This event marks one of the incidents that inspired a grassroots effort to stop the plague of organized crime that has diseased Sicily for centuries. #nomafia #adiopizzo #giovannifalcone #thisissicily #experiencesicily #seeyousoonsicily #sicily #sicilia #palermo #siciliabedda #italy #italia #sicilyvacation #sicilians_world #ig_sicily #igerssicilia #instasicilia #gf_italy #siculamenteDoc #sicily_tricolors #ig_visitsicily #Sicilia_PhotoGroup #smallgrouptours #traveltogether #authenticsicily #smallgrouptoursitaly (at Palermo, Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAg6-3sljQv/?igshid=1o1mgf2s3wcz0

May 8th and 9th mark the anniversary of two important moments in Sicilian anti-mafia history. In 1978, Giuseppe "Peppino Impastato, a political activist who vociferously exposed and confronted the mafia, was murdered by the unscrupulous cell in his hometown of Cinisi. And in 1993, just down the street from this temple (said to be the Temple of Castor and Pollux at Agrigento's Valley of the Temples), Pope John Paul II delivered an historic mass at the end of which he condemned the criminal underworld. Describing the Cosa Nostra as "a culture of death" and "an enemy of human dignity and civil peace," he exclaimed, "In the name of Christ, I say to those responsible: Convert! One day you will face the judgment of God!" It was a turning point for the people of Sicily who recognized his words as a call to action against this disease of evil and corruption. More than 25 years later, the outcome of John Paul's charge is a safer, more peaceful Sicily. In 2002, Gaetano Badalamenti, the powerful boss of Cinisi, Sicily, was sentenced to life for the revolutionary's assassination, proving that justice is possible when there is a community effort. #thisissicily #experiencesicily #agrigento #nomafia #adiopizzo #valleyofthetemples #valledeitempli #sunset #tramonto #experiencesicily #sicily #sicilia #siciliabedda #italy #italia #sicilyvacation #sicilians_world #ig_sicily #igerssicilia #instasicilia #gf_italy #siculamenteDoc #sicily_tricolors #ig_visitsicily #Sicilia_PhotoGroup #smallgrouptours #traveltogether #authenticsicily #smallgrouptoursitaly (at Agrigento) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_6hI1xlTMA/?igshid=donmxp3hv2y9