Melilli, Siracusa, Sicily

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On this episode of You , Me and Sicily we take you you Melilli in the Province of Siracusa. Among the most important buildings are the mother church dedicated to Saint Nicola, the municipal building and the church of Saint Sebastian. There is even a church dedicated to Saint Sebastian in Middletown, Connecticut built by all the migrants from Melilli. But many others settled all over the world.
We also visit the public space and meet a nice volunteer working on keeping the statue of Padre Pio clean and good condition.
Also we take you to the industrial zone and give you a bit of history and how it affected the area.
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@YouMeandSicily 3 года назад

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@empress2646 Год назад

My son is a great-grandson of one of the families that migrated from Menilli Sicily to me and my ancestors home town Middletown Connecticut. The Guestellas. I loved sharing this video with him. Thank you for posting it.

@djfm7198 3 года назад

Great-Grandfather was one of the masons from Melilli that built St. Sebastian's in Middletown. Love Sicily and my ancestors.

@YouMeandSicily 3 года назад

That is so cool!

@EszterVajda 3 года назад

Have you visited?

@loripawlow5879 3 года назад

I was born there right across from St. Sebastian Church. Many may remember my father and my mother Gaetano and Maria Germano. This brings back many wonderful memories of a beautiful place.

@YouMeandSicily 3 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@FrankieGoogs Год назад

My grandfather helped build the replica in Middletown. I love how they mention it. It’s a beautiful little town!

@GregSpeck Год назад

Loved watching this one again. We traveled to Melilli to find my wife's family and arrived at the little park down from the church. Ran into a man from Middletown CT who put us in touch with the Girgenti family whom we have kept in contact for 20 years.

@YouMeandSicily Год назад

That is so cool!

@m.a.8792 Год назад

Great-great grandfather, Sebastian (note the name, related to the local Saint!), and great grandmother, Philimena Sampiere were from Melilli. She came to CT, via NY in 1905. Other great-great grand father, Carmelo, and great grandmother Sebastiana (note the name, again!), were from Priolo Gargallo, mentioned in the video and apparently right down the road from Melilli. She came to the US, via NY, to CT in 1913. I hope to visit these places, but so nice to see them, here, in such a high quality and well-narrated video. Thank you! Makes me feel a connection to these people and to these places.

@RazmiWellness Год назад

My mother's father's family is from here. My great grandparents settled in Middletown, CT. I went to the Festival of St. Sebastian for the first time last month! So cool to have a connection to my heritage right here in CT! We're having a family reunion next Saturday and hopefully I'll make it to Mellili soon.😊

@sandyinsocal3107 10 месяцев назад

My grandparents were both born in Sicily and separately made their way to Middletown,CT, where they lived for the rest of their lives. I would love to visit Melilli someday!

@elizabethcoonan7084 Год назад

Thank you! I grew up in Middletown and Married a 2 generation Tringali from Malilli.

@alisonstankewicz6439 3 года назад

My great grandparents came from Melilli to Middletown CT. I grew up going to St. Sebastián church. My plan is to visit next year. Thanks for the fantastic video!

@YouMeandSicily 3 года назад

Glad you liked it!

@elizabethcoonan7084 Год назад

I grew up there also off of Silver St. could walk to downtown. Married into the Tringali Coonan family in 1982.

@peterschipelliti9139 3 года назад

Another great video! My mother's folks are from Augusta. I visited in 2018. What a wonderful place.

@EszterVajda 3 года назад

Love Augusta !!!

@josephascione4871 3 года назад

What a beautiful town. I love the fact that they build a replica of San Sebastian in Middletown. Very interesting!

@teresaannvitelli9810 2 года назад

My Roccapriore Familia orchestrated the building of this church in Middletown, CT

@joanneborelli7586 Год назад

I went last Sunday to St Sebastian’s Church in Middletown, CT. Thanks to Alfred & Eszter for telling me about it.❤️🙏🏻✝️🙏🏻

@sebastiangiuliano5886 3 года назад

I’ve visited twice. My grandparents and my father were born in Melilli and I still have family there.

@donnatrifiroguilmartin9776 3 года назад

Visited Melilli in 2012. My grandmother was born in Melilli and grandfather moved their when he was 3 y/o. Hope to go back. Enjoyed a lovely lunch in Ortiga and toured Siracusa. Some of my relatives lived in Middletown, CT

@YouMeandSicily 3 года назад

We love Ortigia! Here is video we did on it : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zhaa7Ejq29U.html

@janetlombardi2314 3 года назад

Thank you for all the work into bringing these amazing videos. Another beautiful town

@ccadvisor489 3 года назад

The panoramic view is my favorite part of your video. So beautiful!

@YouMeandSicily 3 года назад

Grazie Mille ! Yes it was quite fabulous !

@mariabedda6153 3 года назад

Beautiful little town, another gem tucked away on our belissima Sicilia ❤️🌞 I love the history, the architecture of all our old towns and hope they never change them to modernize them. These towns are precious and hold our history, our ancestors history stays alive❤️ never to be forgotten.

@EszterVajda 3 года назад

So many gems we hope to continue highlighting on this channel!

@leronne1952 8 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@YouMeandSicily 8 месяцев назад

GRAZIE mille!

@teresaannvitelli9810 2 года назад

My Roccapriore familia, (Grandfather & siblings) originally from Melilli orchestrated the building of St Sebastian Church in Middletown, CT.

@YouMeandSicily 2 года назад

Wow that is great!!

@elizabethcoonan7084 Год назад

How many of us are related? Grew up in Middletown married into Tringali/Coonan family

@joseph40ninjas88 3 года назад

Enjoy! Can't wait to visit Sicilia again

@davidevalenti202 2 года назад

My dad is from Solarino.

@joannestinson851 3 года назад

The inside of the cathedral is so colorful and beautiful. Of all the times that we stayed in Ortigia and traveled around, I can't believe we never visited the historical center of Melilli - only the commericial district.

@YouMeandSicily 3 года назад

In Sicily, there are treasures at every corner !

@EszterVajda 3 года назад

I was so impressed with this town!

@nunziociuridda 3 года назад

beautiful Melilli :)

@whatsmamacookin4us 3 года назад

Thank you both for another amazing video of Sicily. Alfred you were right when you said how much time and effort Eszter puts into to these videos. Both of you do a fantastic job.

@YouMeandSicily 3 года назад

Eszter is a perfectionist and a warrior,for sure. She is a trained and disciplined journalist and makes sure all the time of her accuracy. Sicilian Americans, as a result, benefit in my opinion.

@EszterVajda 3 года назад

Grazie mille !

@YouMeandSicily 3 года назад

I am the bow...she is the arrow :)

@whatsmamacookin4us 3 года назад

@@YouMeandSicily LOL to funny!!

@josesessaregorios1139 2 года назад

'E una vecchia e bella cita.

@YouMeandSicily 2 года назад

Si e BELLA !

@annamariepaunetto7685 3 года назад

Another gem ! I have a 4x great grandmother Cira Moncada who died 1829 Palermo havent been able to find out where her family was prior will add this to my list for sure !!

@carolynwasilewski9334 3 года назад

Very interesting how our ancestors came over here.

@YouMeandSicily 3 года назад

Yes and continued so many traditions like my Grandparents and the Feast of Saint Alfio in Lawrence, Mass!

@paulgooderham Год назад

A safe distance from the live volcano.

@jamesingram7203 3 года назад

I knew a Sicilian-American priest from Melissa.

@YouMeandSicily 3 года назад

Jim I have been researching great painters. We decided to make an episode down the line...famous writers too. However, Antonella di Messina and Renato Gutuso are ,in my opinion, the top two. Just my opinion. I will mention them on the chats. Gutuso was a character for sure..

@gaetanonaccarato701 Год назад

Just a puntualization; yes, Melilli comes from latin " mel, mellis...", not apple, but Miele, in English honey...

@therealtoni 7 дней назад

A beautiful video. But please change the narration that says the Italians worshipped St. Sebastian..... Catholics worhip only GOD. We honor and venerate saints and pray to them to intercede with God for us. Thank you!

@YouMeandSicily 7 дней назад

@@therealtoni you are correct