This maritime motif was taken on 11 July 2015 on the east coast of Sicily in Acitrezza. It was taken with the NIKON D90 camera (lens: SIGMA 18.0-50.0 mm f/2.8). The photo motif shows a painted, abandoned boat wreck directly at the old harbour of Acitrezza on the wonderful east coast of Sicily.
Aci Trezza, also known as Acitrezza, is a fraction of the municipality of Aci Castello in the metropolitan city of Catania in the Italian region of Sicily. The municipality is located on the east coast of Sicily on the Ionian Sea. The Cyclops Islands lie off the coast. Aci Trezza was originally a small fishing village that developed into an excursion destination for the inhabitants of Catania due to its beautiful beach.
In 1948, the film La terra trema was shot in Aci Trezza under the direction of Luchino Visconti with local actors. The film is based on Giovanni Verga's novel Malavoglia, which depicts the hard life of the fishermen. Some of Verga's stories from Cavalleria rusticana (Sicilian peasant tales) are also based on Aci Trezza. They served as the basis for the eponymous opera Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni.
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Silva Wischeropp was born in the Hanseatic city of Wismar in the former GDR. Today she lives and works in Berlin. As a passionate travel..
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