
Ghiaia
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Espresso cup and saucer, 100% ceramic. Acitrezza (Sicilian: Jaci Trizza or La Trezza) is a town in Sicily, without any questions my favorite childhood and youth summer location. Giovanni Verga's novel "I Malavoglia" 1890 is set in Aci Trezza. I Malavoglia deal with a family of fishermen who work and live in this small village near Catania. In 1948 Luchino Visconti filmed his neo-realistic film "La Terra Trema", based on Verga's novel, the entire cast were local inhabitants rather than profession