A small shrine and an ancient church reveal eight centuries of Palermo’s history, from medieval gates to Senate towers and ...

(Editor’s note: This column is part of an ongoing series on the history of Upper Township’s villages. The main source for this piece was Anthony M. Butler’s “A History of Upper Township and Its ...

Named “the Kingdom of the Sun” by invading Normans in the 12th century, the Sicilian capital of Palermo is one of the sunniest places in Europe, with more than 2,500 hours of sunshine per year.

Well, Clare Campbell in her contribution to “A History of Upper Township and Its Villages,” writes that this road’s name came from the fact that farm families from Petersburg would walk (or come by ...