Description: Palermo, Sicily - ITALY - Sicilian Cart / Carretto Sicilian: The Sicilian cart (or carretto siciliano in Italian and carrettu sicilianu in Sicilian or carretti (plural)) is an ornate, colorful style of horse or donkey-drawn cart native to the island of Sicily, in Italy. The carts were used for the transportation of goods throughout the island from the 19th to the 20th century. Carts reached the height of their popularity in the 1920s, when many thousand were on the island. Miniature carts, or Carrettini Siciliani, are often sold in Sicily (or in Italian shops and restaurants in other countries) as souvenirs. There are several museums dedicated to the carts in Sicily: one in Terrasini, in the province of Palermo, and one in Aci Sant'Antonio, in the province of Catania. Palermo, locally also Paliemmu or Palèimmu)[4][a] is a city in southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan province. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old. Palermo is in the northwest of the island of Sicily, by the Gulf of Palermo in the Tyrrhenian Sea. The city was founded in 734 BC by the Phoenicians as Sis ("flower"). Palermo then became a possession of Carthage. Two Greek colonies were established, known collectively as Panormos; the Carthaginians used this name on their coins after the 5th century BC. As Panormus, the town became part of the Roman Republic and Empire for over a thousand years. From 831 to 1072 the city was under Arab rule in the Emirate of Sicily when the city became the capital of Sicily for the first time. During this time the city was known as Balarm. Following the Norman conquest, Palermo became the capital of a new kingdom, the Kingdom of Sicily, that lasted from 1130 to 1816. This Divided Back Era (1907-15) postcard is in good condition.
Price: 8.5 USD
Location: Brooklyn, New York
End Time: 2024-08-16T03:18:27.000Z
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Size: Standard (5.5x3.5 in)
Material: Paper
City: Palermo
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Brand/Publisher: Unbranded
Subject: University of Washington
Continent: Europe
Type: Printed (Lithograph)
Era: Divided Back (1907-1915)
Country: Italy
Region: Sicily
Theme: Animals, Architecture, Cities & Towns, Cultures & Ethnicities, Landscapes, Transportation, Donkey, Cart, Carretto Sicilian, Sicilian Cart
Features: Panoramic
Time Period Manufactured: 1900-1919
Country/Region of Manufacture: Italy
Postage Condition: Unposted
