The Blue Flag flies over Sampieri, Punta Pisciotto and Costa di Carro. Yesterday a well-attended and popular ceremony welcomed the recognition of the Fee, the first in history for Scicli.
In the presence of the mayor Mario Marino, his team of councilors, the city councilors, the managers and officials of the technical office, the military and religious authorities, the school directors and all the associations that deal with environmental issues, it was the flag-raising ceremony was celebrated in front of many holidaymakers, residents and tourists.
Mayor Mario Marino, visibly excited and satisfied, retraced the long journey that in a few months allowed the Municipality to satisfy the 32 requirements needed to obtain the coveted recognition.
He spent words of praise for the councilor Enzo Giannone, who believed in the project, for all the officials of the technical office, for the Free Consortium of Ragusa, and for the professor Corrado Monaca, who like a Virgil led the administration in this difficult obstacle course.
Don Franco Cataldi, parish priest of Sampieri, said that the Blue Flag is for Sampieri the testimony of the “care of Creation” and blessed the Flag. “If turtles choose Sampieri for their nests, it means that this is a corner of paradise,” said the priest.
Professor Corrado Monaca explained how the Flag for Sampieri allows the province of Ragusa to reach a record: with the string of Blue Flags from Ispica to the border with the territory of Santa Croce, 79% of the provincial coast is kissed by the Flag, the highest percentage in Italy. Of the 14 Sicilian Blue Flags, 5 are in Ragusa.
The party ended with the cutting of a blue-colored cake.
