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Largo Place (like piazza)

Lungomare Seafront promenade or road

Mare Sea

Mercato Market
Mongibello Sicilian name for Mount Etna

Municipio Town hall

Palazzo Palace, mansion or block (of flats)

Parco Park
Passeggiata The customary early-evening walk

Pedaggio Toll

Piano Plain (also “slowly”, “gently”)
Piazza Square

Pineta Pinewood

Pro Loco Local office, usually funded by the Comune, overseeing cultural events and providing tourist information

Santuario Sanctuary
Sottopassaggio Subway

Spiaggia Beach

Stazione Station (train station is stazione ferroviaria; bus station is autostazione; ferry terminal is stazione
marittima)

Strada Road/street

Teatro Theatre

Tempio Temple
Torre Tower

Traghetto Ferry

Uscita Exit

Vicolo/Vico Alley
Via Road (always used with name, as in Via Roma)

X Quick way of writing per, or for, and often found on timetables, which means the opposite of the English “ex”. So,
for example “aliscafo x Salina” refers to a hydrofoil to Salina.
Zona Zone

ACRONYMS

ACI Italian Automobile Club