Trinacria

If you look really closely at the top third of the following photo (which was taken on a hazy, rainy day), you will see land.

That's the toe of the foot.

And this below, is the ball.

The top shot is Reggio Calabria.

The bottom shot is Messina.

Trinacria, Calabria, Messina. Foot. Ball. Hope you catch the drift. I'm talking, of course, about 'Sicilia' or 'Sicily' as the Anglo destroyers-of-Latin-names, call it.

(The ancient Greeks called the island "Triancria" on account of its triangular shape.)

To have seen Italy without having seen Sicily is not to have seen Italy at all, for Sicily is the clue to everything – Goethe

No lies detected.

Consider Taormina. Perched high, with jaw-dropping views of the Ionian Sea, the coast of Sicily and mainland Italy. Most places in the world would be happy to call this their greatest hit. Not good enough for Sicily. Apparently we need some more drama. Fine, let's drop an active, lava-spewing volcano in the background. (Unfortunately, due to thick cloud cover, Mt. Etna is not visible in the shot below but on a clear day it would appear in the top-right corner.)

That should do it, right? Mic drop?

Not yet.

How about some we add some character in the form of ruins of an Ancient Greek theater from the 3rd century BC?

Mic drop.

Sicily content incoming ...