Portella della Ginestra

Here, on May 1 1947, the bandit Salvatore Giuliano and his gang shooted on a crowd gathered to celebrate the Labour Day. Eleven people were killed. The history on the new born Italian Republic started with such a massacre.

TRAVELTOUR Discover Portella della Ginestra in these tours:

  • Sicily: beyond the Godfather (Study trips)

    What do you know about Sicily? What was it, what is it now? Who are the Sicilians? And what is the Mafia? A study trip targeted to foreign students, meant to propose our answers to these and many other questions. An eye-opening experience, as Sicily can be a key to interpret our present.
    • 8 days
    • minimum 20
    • 18 - 99years