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Rocca di Cerere UNESCO Global Geopark: itineraries, podcasts, and stories to discover online

23 September 2025

Explore the Rocca di Cerere UNESCO Global Geopark: itineraries, podcasts, videos, and community maps to experience Sicily through the lens of restanza.

The summer events at the Rocca di Cerere UNESCO Global Geopark have come to a close, but the journey of discovery continues.

Through talks, workshops, hikes, exhibitions, and performances, the SiMGeo project has crossed the territories of the Rocca di Cerere UNESCO Global Geopark, collecting stories, memories, and testimonies from local communities.

Between Myth and Geology: When Stories Shape the Landscape

8 August 2025

What do a landscape shaped by time and a legend passed down through generations have in common? At first glance, nothing. Yet in a UNESCO Global Geopark, geology and intangible heritage—stories, myths, rituals, and memories—intertwine in powerful and surprising ways.

Environmental Hiking Guides Tell the Story of the Rocca di Cerere UNESCO Global Geopark

24 July 2025

Some territories reveal themselves slowly – step by step – and there are people who know every trail, every story etched into the rocks.

They are environmental hiking guides: custodians of a precious knowledge that weaves together nature, culture, and community.

And when that knowledge meets the Rocca di Cerere UNESCO Global Geopark, a shared narrative is born – capable of turning every hike into a living, participatory experience.

What is an ecomuseum and what makes the Rocca di Cerere UNESCO Global Geopark special?

21 June 2025

In the heart of Sicily, among landscapes shaped by time, living traditions, and communities in dialogue with their own history, the Si.M.Geo. Ecomuseum System of the Rocca di Cerere UNESCO Global Geopark takes shape.
But what exactly is an ecomuseum? And why is it so important for the territory?

Geopark Week: a week to experience the Rocca di Cerere UNESCO Global Geopark with new eyes

4 June 2025

Every territory has a voice, and the one of the Rocca di Cerere UNESCO Global Geopark tells many stories during Geopark Week—the initiative dedicated to exploring geodiversity and promoting the local cultural and natural heritage.
More than just a series of events, Geopark Week is a collective, widespread, and participatory experience—an invitation to approach the landscape with a more mindful gaze, blending science, art, memory, and sustainability.

What is a UNESCO Geopark (and why we should know it better)

24 May 2025

When we think of a nature park, we imagine trails, breathtaking scenery, and perhaps protected species of animals. But a UNESCO Geopark is something even richer and more complex: it is an area that combines nature, culture, community and memory, offering a virtuous model of sustainable development.
That is why it is important to know it-and to experience it.

Rocca di Cerere UNESCO Global Geopark: a calendar of geo-events to experience the territory with all the senses

18 May 2025

Cultural, relational, and immersive experiences to discover the living ecologies of the landscape. Within the Rocca di Cerere UNESCO Global Geopark, every place tells a story—made of matter and memory, gestures and landscapes, deep connections between nature, culture, and communities.