Lord Nelson in Sicily

A college student in Kansas recently got in touch as she is compiling a research paper about Sicly and the famous three legged trinacria.

There is a lot of history surrounding the trinacria and it seems to involve the whole of western Europe.

A story of myths, tribes, facts, fiction and good old yarns stretching from Isle of Man to the Island of Capo Passero.

Strangely enough, Celtic symbolism crops up near Bronte on the slopes of Mount Etna, in the unlikely location of Admiral Horatio Nelson's forgotten estate.

The entrance is guarded by a large black Celtic cross with the inscription “Heroi Immortali Nili”

The land was given to Nelson as a thank you gift by Ferdinand IV for the Admirals' help in repressing Bourbon influence in the island.   

Apart from having one arm and kissing Hardy, Nelson is perhaps most famous for his affair with Emma Hamilton.

Lady Emma was the wife of the British ambassador in Naples and the very keen eyed can spot her portrait on the ceiling of the lounge of the St Regis Grand Hotel in Rome.