Sicily of cities

Collection title

The Mediterranean of cities

ID

BIB00215

Source

Bibliotheca Alexandrina (EG)

First broadcast date

04/15/2007

Production year

2007

Abstract

The Conferences within the framework of "Thinking the Mediterranean" aim at creating a field of dialogue and exchange. Paolo Militello gives a historical overview of the urban phenomenon in Sicily, from the Phoenician and early Greek colonization in the eighth century AD in the modern era (fifteenth - eighteenth): "Sicily has been a focal point for maritime traffic, it was a meeting point between eastern and western Mediterranean. " Finally, he talks about the characteristics of Sicilian cities in the modern age.

Type

video

Production companies

• Bibliotheca Alexandrina - Own production

Broadcaster

Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Audiovisual form

Conference

Personalities

• Militello Paolo

Primary theme

Urbanism and cities

Secondary themes

• Economy / Trade

Credits / Cast

• Militello Paolo - Participant

Period of events

• From -1000 to -500

Map locations

• Italy - Islands - Sicily

Original language

French

Media running time

11m15