A 'precious' triptych Glimpsed through an ornate set of iron gates, in the light filled San Gandolfo chapel in Polizzi Generosa’s Chiesa Madre, there is a ‘precious’ triptych with beautiful Flemish detail.

  Must be seen Attributed to the 15th century Flemish master Rogier van der Weyden, this work, depicting a peaceful Madonna and the bare footed sacred child, flanked by angels and Saints Barbara and Catherine, is not to be missed when travelling Sicily.

  A lucky find in Caltagirone It was a June morning this summer, in the fabled ceramic town of Caltagirone, when I came across a potter’s studio on a street corner near the town’s botanic gardens.

My fellow traveller and I had left our B&B set halfway up the long, tiled staircase of Caltagirone, La Scala Santa Maria del Monte, to walk to the gardens.