C
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plant pomelo?
E 'a shrub, fragrant white flowers, arrived in Europe in the middle of the "700
the hands of the British. Thanks to the climate, has become widespread in Sicily.
If during this time walking with the nose on the streets of Palermo, you will find a lot of balconies adorned with these beautiful plants and flowers fragrant, white.
The fact that the Palermo Pomelia is not at home but the balcony is not really a coincidence!
It is said that a mother who has a daughter can not keep the Pomelia at home.
Why? 
Why otherwise does not marry his daughter. All say they do not believe in this legend, but I wonder why the balconies of Palermo are filled with fragrant pomelo in the house and even the shadow ... var _gaq _gaq = the statue of an elephant supporting an Egyptian obelisk called Liotru or Diotru.
It is said that the notorious elephant Liotru was named in honor of a magician: Heliodorus, also called Diodorus, Liodoro, Lidori, and even Theodore. Heliodorus lived around 725 AD when Catania was a province of the Byzantine Eastern Roman Empire. Heliodorus aspired to become the bishop of Catania, but could not succeed. But one day he met a jew sorcerer, who taught him magic and converted to Judaism. It is said that one night
Heliodorus went to the tomb of heroes and began to summon the devil, thanks to a mysterious wrote that he had been handed over by the sorcerer jew. Satan then appeared and asked him what he wanted. Heliodorus told him his ambitions and the devil said, "If you deny the faith in Christ, I ask you one side of my court, Gaspar, who will be your servant, and will confer magical powers." Thus Heliodorus accepted and received powers supernatural. he himself magically build the elephant, with the lava of Mount Etna. At the turn of the magical creature roamed the city, making jokes and teasing the people. The elephant was used also for its long trip from Catania to Constantinople. Heliodorus was really wicked.
Si racconta che andasse al mercato e comprasse tutto quel che gli piaceva, pagando con ori e diamanti, ma quando se ne andava, i preziosi si trasformavano in sassi. Una volta convinse il nipote del vescovo a puntare a una corsa di cavalli, facendolo vincere. Ma al momento della premiazione il cavallo vincente parlò rivelando che in realtà era Satana stesso al servizio del mago per lo scherzo, e poi sparì.
Eliodoro venne per tale ragione condotto in carcere, ma riuscì a riguadagnare la libertà corrompendo le guardie con l'offerta di tre libbre d'oro. Anche questa volta utilizzò una grossa pietra all'apparenza d'oro, che in seguito riacquistò la sua forma naturale. Fu Condannato a morte da Costantino ma nel momento in which the sentence was to run, he said grace in a basin of water: there plunged his head and disappeared mysteriously, saying: "Who wants me, looking me in Catania." again brought back before the Executioner for setting fire to the "behind" the wife of Heraclius, a minister of Constantine, Heliodorus, as he was to receive the blow, shrank, went in to the right sleeve of the executioner and emerged from 'other, crying, "escaped the first time, this is the second. If you want me, look for me in Catania." It vanished again, becoming carried away by restless spirits in the city. was Bishop Leo the Healer said that by celebrating Mass a propitiatory managed to reduce the sorcerer Heliodorus in a pile of ashes.
His elephant was alive and is now the symbol of the city of Catania. Legends aside, it is believed that originally the statue of the elephant has been the subject of worship in a temple in the Eastern rites of the City. Strangely, it is then precipitated from the altar at the dawn of Christianity and was taken off the walls, where it remained for several centuries. Later, after having been forgotten for some time, was traced in the city by the Benedictine Fathers of the Monastery of St. Agata and the place to adorn the old arch.
In 1508, however, having been completed the old Town Hall, the arch was demolished and the elephant was placed on the prospectus of the new part of the building, with the following inscription: Ferdinandus. Hispaniae utriusque. Siciliae. Rege - Elephans erectus Fuit Caesar Jojen - Justitiario - MDVII After the earthquake of 1693, the elephant was once again abandoned, until, in 1727, the Dutch Philippe d'Orville, finding en route from Catania, urged that it was raised with Egyptian obelisk that now surmounts in the famous Piazza Duomo.
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