The Google Camp moves in Sciacca are the VIPs, hit and run of … – Sicily

Sciacca – For the third consecutive year the province of Agrigento was almost in the center of the world thanks to Google Camp, the annual summit of the US technology giant. Guests at the luxurious resort built a few years ago in Sciacca by Italian magnate English Rocco Forte, hundreds of VIPs from around the world including a dip in the Mediterranean and a hike inland from Agrigento, in a few hours they did a good dose of history, culture , tradition and Sicilian gastronomy. After the gala dinner at the foot of the timing of Concordia in the Valley of the Temples in Agrigento, Google yesterday evening guests were welcomed in the historical center of Sciacca for a second dinner, this time more “casual” than the first, with typical dishes Sicilians, including pizza, and much folklore. In the heart of Sciacca, in the central square Scandaliato, which is a charming balcony on the sea, the staff of Google in a few days has set up a kind of space typical of Sicilian festivities, complete with lights, roundabout, Sicilian cart, marching band, fireworks, artifacts pottery tradition saccense and, icing on the cake, even two floats, smaller than those of the popular historical carnival parades.

the organizers of last February, when they are been to Sciacca for a visit, they were able to admire the colorful works in papier mache and involving show of the music and original costumes. They requested and were granted, paying well, that the builders of the two wagons materialize all facilities for them, exclusive and colorful. Needless to add that it was precisely the works of art in papier mache things most valued by Google VIPs, as well as the view of the sea, which in Sciacca is truly spectacular, and local ceramics. The wind was a bit ‘disturbed the atmosphere of the evening, less elegant than the Valley of the Temples, but just as magical and engaging with the news that among the guests, around 400, there were a hundred Saccensi, traders and residents of the area, “compensated” with a special invitation from the hardships to which they were forced in the ten days when the city center was virtually bulletproof. Among the guests there was the president of the council of ministers Matteo Renzi, spotted in the morning inside the saccense resort. Has accepted the invitation and Google inside the hotel has met the leaders of the hi tech giant, then in the afternoon he did return to Rome. Among the most admired Raul Bova and Jovanotti: this bike, as he did a year ago, in the morning has come at least a hundred kilometers inland, stopping at Burgio. Even in Sciacca, like the day before in the Temple area, high alert in terms of safety. In the early afternoon the entire area where there was the gala evening was controlled by teams of order and personal forces of the private security service. Sighted in the narrow streets of the old town saccense Rania of Jordan, also present in the two previous editions of Google Camp, and then actors, musicians and many other VIPs less known to the general public. The gala dinner of Agrigento was enlivened by the wonderful voice of Alicia Keys, famous American singer in the world, the origins of Agrigento. The surname of the mother is Augello, the grandparents were of Sciacca.

Ultimately, a beautiful showcase for the province of Agrigento: the illustrious guests have passed since the sumptuousness of the dinner to climate foot of the Temple of Concordia less formal, but more cheerful and engaging, Sciacca.