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Sicily

Court yard below
Small courtyard inside the Castle.
Beautiful statues on display
The Cappella Palatina, "Palace Chapel",  was built in 1683 by the brothers Giuseppe and Giacomo Serpotta, with a great profusion of precious marble, stucco work, winged angels, and friezes that commemorate the most resplendent moments in the history of the House .
Words cannot describe what this Palace Chapel looks like in person. All the walls are covered the moments of history. .
The Masters who built the chapel decorations presents a riot of cherubs frolicking, fluttering draperies and many imaginary  creatures, specimens of a bizarre and mysterious nature.
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Giovanni explaining what we are seeing inside he Chapel
Overall look into the Chapel
View of the town of Castelbuono from a balcony at the Castle. Takes your break away.
More vistas of Castelbuono
This is so ornate and old at the same time too.
Azurite -  compund of Copper and Malecite.  Absolutely beautiful.
When we entered the Castle the courtyard below was empty. During the time we were inside a massive group of Vintage Vespa scooter riders from all over Europe filled the courtyard. This is their Sturgess for Harleys in America I guess. They came from everywhere.
Vespa is an Italian brand of scooter manufactured by Piaggio. The name means wasp in Italian. The Vespa has evolved from a single model motor scooter manufactured in 1946  to a full line of scooters and one of seven companies today I learned.
Many of the Vespa Scooters we saw were vintage a few dating back to the original 1946 models. All well maintained.
For a number the riders had not seen each other since the last Vespa Scooter reunion.
The Vespa scooters were still arriving as we walked among the riders and spoke with them.
In the middle of it all we discovered a  Smart Car which was the lead vehicle for many of the riders.  which in Sicily looks like a large car. Remember those narrow alleys.
This is different than the normal flowers pots you find on the window balconies... bottles from the last couple of parties I imagine.

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