Sicily - Wikipedia
WEBSicily has a rich and unique culture in arts, music, literature, cuisine, and architecture. Sicily is located in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe; it is separated from Calabria by the Strait of Messina.
History of Sicily - Wikipedia
WEBSicily was merged with the Kingdom of Italy in 1861. Although today an Autonomous Region, with special statute, of the Republic of Italy, it has its own distinct culture. Sicily is both the largest region of the modern state of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.
Palermo - Wikipedia
WEBPalermo is Sicily's cultural, economic and tourism capital. It is a city rich in history, culture, art, music and food.
Syracuse, Sicily - Wikipedia
WEBSyracuse, Sicily. Coordinates: 37°04′09″N 15°17′15″E. Syracuse ( / ˈsaɪrəkjuːs, - kjuːz / SY-rə-kewss, -kewz; Italian: Siracusa [siraˈkuːza] ⓘ; Sicilian: Saragusa [saɾaˈuːsa]) [a] is a historic city on the Italian island of Sicily, the capital of the Italian province of Syracuse.
History of Greek Sicily - Wikipedia
WEBThe History of Greek Sicily (Ancient Greek: Σικελία) began with the foundation of the first Greek colonies around the mid 8th century BC. The Greeks of Sicily were known as Siceliotes . Over the following centuries many conflicts between the city-states occurred until around 276 BC Pyrrhus of Epirus managed to conquer the whole island ...
Catania - Wikipedia
WEBThe city is located on Sicily's east coast, facing the Ionian Sea at the base of the active volcano Mount Etna. It is the capital of the 58-municipality region known as the Metropolitan City of Catania , which is the seventh-largest metropolitan area in Italy.
Villa Romana del Casale - Wikipedia
WEBThe Villa Romana del Casale (Sicilian: Villa Rumana dû Casali) is a large and elaborate Roman villa or palace located about 3 km from the town of Piazza Armerina, Sicily. Excavations have revealed Roman mosaics which, according to the Grove Dictionary of Art , are the richest, largest and most varied collection that remains, [1] for which the ...
Sicilian cuisine - Wikipedia
WEBSicilian cuisine is the style of cooking on the island of Sicily. It shows traces of all cultures that have existed on the island of Sicily over the last two millennia. Although its cuisine has much in common with Italian cuisine, Sicilian food also has Greek, Spanish, French, Jewish, and Arab influences.
Geology of Sicily - Wikipedia
WEBThe geology of Sicily (a large island located at Italy's southwestern end) records the collision of the Eurasian and the African plates during westward-dipping subduction of the African slab since late Oligocene. Major tectonic units are the Hyblean foreland, the Gela foredeep, the Apenninic-Maghrebian orogen, and the Calabrian Arc.
Licata - Wikipedia
WEBLicata (Italian pronunciation:, Sicilian: [lɪˈkaːta]; Ancient Greek: Φιντίας, whence Latin: Phintias or Plintis), formerly also Alicata (Sicilian pronunciation: [alɪˈkaːta]), is a city and comune located on the south coast of Sicily, at the mouth of the Salso River (the ancient Himera), about midway between Agrigento and Gela.
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