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The kingdom of Hybla
When the Sicanis moved him toward the inside abandoning the ionic coast, because threatened by invading people, the nature on the Ibleis was still enough entire: the woods of leccio and oriental platans had just been notched by the first populations of the neolitico and the age of the ancient bronze, which were installed in prevalence near the coast. Of the preceding civilization of Castelluccio that practised the agriculture, the breeding and the hunting to fallow deer and bucks, traces of the villages they remain strengthened to the result of the "cave" (canyon), on natural landings of the coast and in strategic position for the control of streets of communication, for example on mountain Hamlet (in reality Grassy mountain), an a little lower relief of mountain Laurel.
To this migration that you/he/she had seen new people, the Siculis, to cross the Narrow one, corresponds the first installation to Pantalica, natural fortress, delimited by the canyons of the Alpo and the Calcinara. Despite this the Sicanis were inclined more and more to west, for the frequent eruptions of the etna and the earthquakes, according to the legends, but in reality for the action of the invaders.
For the same motives for defense subsequently they were the Siculis to choose the thick one of Pantalica. It has beginning so the kingdom of Hybla, that extends him for seven centuries.
Hybla, the city sicula governed by the bravest men, was a small city-state, that checked a vast territory, from the Laurel mountain up to the Ionian. He/she lived of agriculture, of the hunting to the big remained game, of the fishing to the trouts. Part of the population devoted him to the craftsmanship, to the workmanship of the ceramics and the metals. And dulcis in fundo the honey. "Good honey is that of the necks of Hybla" a Latin writer said, reporting himself/herself/itself to the honey of thyme, still today product exclusively on the Ibleis. The vast necropolises on the rocky walls of the Calcinara and the Anapo are the testimony of the shine of Hybla-Pantalica.
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The grandiose Building of the prince (Anaktoron), of which the foundations of big calcareous blocks stay, dominates the valley of the Anapo. And' the alone trace of the city. The village lived by the Siculis has not been found yet. But let's move us on the Laurel mountain, sacred to the siculis that you/they revered the trees of laurel of it. The highland of mountain Laurel (mountain of the laurel), earth of pastures and herds, are a stage volcanic, formed him following the discharge of it washes from breakings of the calcareous boardings. The pastures mesofili characterized by Sicilian oats, southern oats and from various kinds of clover, you/they have taken for a long time the place of the ancient forests. Well hidden from the reforestations of maritime pine, pinoli pine and famous pine, a residue of the primitive forest vegetation preserves him: the wood of more southern cerri of Italy. Well, on these pastures something is still found than very similar to the huts sicule. They are the pastoral capannis in stone, that you/they recall him to the tradition of the indo-European warlike shepherds.
But this state of things was destined to change. The last king of the city was Hyblon, remembered by the satirical Greek because you/he/she allowed the Megaresis to found in his/her territory a colony, Witch hyblacea. The end came from the sea. A sea that had represented the possibility of exchanges, of growth, for a long time.
Today little they are the lines of coast saved by the cement and by the petrochemical one: the rocky coast of Brucoli, the peninsula of the Maddalena (what a preserve a splendid palmeto) and few other places. This same coast from which the look-outs sicules scrutinized the sea you/he/she has been dismembered, detached by the mountains.
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The Corinzi'arrival
With the arrival of the Corinthian ones, driven by Archia, Syracuse is founded and shortly a colony, Akrai. The Siculis are sheltered in the inclusive territory among Ragusa, Moderate and Ispica. Akrai from the cold hills now has the assignment to check the tall valley of the Anapo. Of the ancient Greek city a lot of vestigias remain, among which the theater and the Santonis, rocky sculptures of the III if. B.C., testimony of the cult of the goddess Feed her Mater. Heir of the Greek city is Palazzolo Acreide. In the roads from the irregular course, on which you/they lean out elegant ladylike buildings with balconies to figured shelves, interesting churches they are hidden. The local kitchen is specialized in the "cavateddi", in the sausage and in the products of the confectionery.
In the opposite side of the valley of the Anapo, to oppose the Siculis, Kasmenai is founded upon the Erbesso mountain, from which it is possible to check well three valleys, those of the Anapo, of the tellaro and of the Irminio. After the destruction from the Romans the site doesn't come more inhabited.
With the Greek it begins a thick collecting of lumber and a great deforestation. In the earths subdued by Syracuse, where the Siculis work done enslaved, wheat you/they were produced, olives, wine, fruit, walnut-trees, vegetables, cheese, honey, produced that, together with the game, you/they were exported in Greece and in the basin of the Mediterranean. The water of the Calcinara was conducted in Syracuse with I dig him/it of a channel in the rock, which you/they participated enslaved Carthaginian captured in the battle of Imera. They were partly you the swamps Lisimelie, today the salt pans in Syracuse, that entertain many migratory birds, a stonesthrow from the temple of Jupiter.
It follows a period of decadence with the Romans and the Byzantines. While Syracuse enjoys of a certain wealth so much to become for a brief capital period of the empire Romano of east, the area montana is occupied by agriculturists and shepherds. And' an a little known period still of which the necropolises paleocristianes of Lardia (Sortino) stay us S. Ann (Ferla) and the Cave of S. Pietro (Buscami), the most imposing rocky church iblea.
Elsewhere in the Ibleis rocky buildings are realized up to eight floors. The "ddieri." Defensive motives push (once more!) these communities to shelter him to Pantalica, where three villages are lived, said Byzantines. And' a period in which the upper hand of the nature is had on the man.
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The Arabs' arrival
With the arrival of the Arabs, when they are originated they Cancel and Buscami and ancient populations are picked up to Buntarigah (Pantalica), to Buccheri and Balansul (Palazzolo), agriculture becomes more rational. The country you/they are lived, cultivated in intensive way and you/he/she is subtracted space to the woods.
With the feudalism communities organize him around the castles in defensive positions. They miss on the Ibleis of the real fortresses, with the exception of Buccheri, "the most formidable fortitude of the Val of Known" (Fazello), of Licodia Eubea, with the castle they climb on more preserved ibleo and of Mineo. Insofar the castles are built on the calcareous ("the cugnis") bastions, delimited by two confluent caves. And' the case of the castle of Xurtinu (Sortino), site among it Gets by some Marquis and the valley of the stream Ciccio. The country site in the valley of the Ciccio is shaved to the ground by the 1693 earthquake. A destiny shared by all the centers of south-oriental Sicily.
The reconstruction sees the territory conform under the canons of the time: the Baroque one. The countries preserve splendid testimonies, been born by the genius of architects and by the mastery of artisan-artists. In the countries roads are traced among them perpendicular, nevertheless they preserve a medieval urban plant Palazzolo and Buccheri, besides Monterosso, Vizzini, Mineo in other slopes Iblei.
But does thing remain some Siculis, of the wild nature still with which were forced to compare him? These questions can find an answer in the natural Reserve "Pantalica-valley of the Anapo", reverting in the territories of Sortino, they Cancel and Ferla. Removing the ulivis, the locusts, the almond tree, the citrus fruit, that were introduced subsequently, of the world siculo remains the cheese pecorino of the few remained flocks and the honey, up to a little while ago product with the same methods of Hybla, for example employing apiaries built with the rod.To Sortino, where the greatest production of honey of the Ibleis assembles him, the first Sunday of October the feast of the honey develops him, an occasion to taste the liqueur of honey. A lot of other things remain, words, objects of daily use, customs, maintained by the civilization sour-silvopastorale and today in the street him disappeared.
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The honey of the necks of Hybla
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Honey di timo "sadera"
The plant grows in the arid grounds and in the maritime coasts exposed to midday; honey is of color amber dark, penetrating and thankful perfume, strong and aromatic taste. And' suitable in the bronchial affections, intestinal, astenie and disappetenze. Period of production: July.
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Honey millefiori
Unlike the precedents drift from the nectar of belonging flowers to different kind of the Mediterranean flora; characteristic for the complexity of the aromas and perfumes. Period of production: late spring.
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Honey di carrubo
Only produced in a limited areale of the Iblei Mountains characterized by the presence of the carrubbo. And' an autumn honey of color amber dark that easily crystallizes. It assumes the perfume typical of the flowers of locust; it is particularly appreciated for the production of typical sweets. Period of production: November-December.
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Honey di zagara (di agrumi)
Of color amber clear, perfume typical of the flowers, delicate and pleasant taste. And' specific as soothing and coadjutant in the cases of insomnia. Period of production: May.
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Honey di eucalipto
Of color clear walnut-tree, pronounced taste, aromatic, persistent, pleasant. And' an antiseptic of the respiratory streets, tossifugo, emollient. Period of production: July-August.
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Honey di castagno
Let's produce him/it in the zone montana in the months of June-July. It has a dark color with a strong and sharp odor; its characteristic taste is some bitter. And' advisable in all the cases of bad circulation of the blood, it is equally proper for all the anaemic people, you tire, astemiche and for the one who practises sport. Besides it decongests the liver and the prostate.
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Honey di sulla
Produced in the Plain one of Catania from the flowers of on it is (forage for the beasts) her/it a good laxative, diuretico, depurative, suitable in all the cases of constipation, excellent for the cosmetic and the cares of beauty against acnee pimples.
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