Mention Corleone and the first thing that comes to mind is The Godfather. It is a beautiful town easily reached from the Palermo area and worth going to see for its' beauty and the transformation going on. There is, among the simple beauty and the townspeople who mimic their Sicilian counter parts in any other town, the new Anti mafia museum ( bottom) where inside one can see transcripts from the Maxi trials of the '90's as well as be given a history of the young but on going, Addio Pizzo movement to counter the influence of this dreaded group. The young man giving the tour in the museum is beside a panel of photos by the great Sicilian photographer, Letizia Battaglia.
The photo on the top right is of magistrate, Giovanni Falcone, assassinated by mafia thugs in May of 1992. The woman on the bottom left is Rosaria Schifani, widow of Vito Schifani ( also killed) who was Falcone's body guard on that fateful day. The photo is the cover of "PASSION,JUSTICE, FREEDOM..PHOTOGRAPHS OF SICILY by Signora Battaglia. Toto Riina, the most hated person in Sicily, is serving 4 life terms for ordering the assassinations of Falcone, magistrate Paolo Borsellino and countless others while being the most feared capo of the mafia.

The scenery in Sicily is above phenomenal. This was taken from ENNA, the capital of the province of the same name and it overlooks Calascibetta. For sheer Baroque heaven, one must go to Noto and wander the streets of this walking friendly town known as ''Un giardino di pietra''
( a garden of stone).For a meal you won't soon forget at a price you will think is a mistake, find TRATTORIA del CARMINE in via Ducezio #1.
One of the finest places in all of Italy to buy ceramics is in CALTAGIRONE situated in the hills around Enna. easy to get to and a walking gem. Characteristically, the ceramics produced here are the signature yellow and blue and all hand made. Make sure you walk the 142 steps of La Scala bounded by shops on both sides.
I took my cousin to pranzo at a beautiful Agriturismo in Leonforte and found this shed while walking around between courses.