We have bought a house in Sicily and i have

You may have asbestos tiles, or you may have 'portoghese' tiles which are not Sicilian coppe and if its in the centro storico they may want you to change them.   If that is the case, you should have been told before the sale, as there could be an obligation to change them when you do work on the property.   

Thankyou so I will have to wait till I go back at Christmas if not before to see what’s on the roof, all my pictures don’t show the roof