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the ancient name of Sicily. Sicily in the classical Greek period; see History of Greek and Hellenistic Sicily; Name for the Kingdom of Sicily during the 1300s; Name for the emblem of Sicily (the triskeles with the Gorgoneion Medusa); see Triskelion § Sicily. A nickname of the modern flag of Sicily; Trinacria, a genus of bivalves in the family ...
In the Peace of Caltabellotta 1302, the Aragonese king Frederick III of Sicily and the Angevin king Charles II of Naples recognized each other's rule, but the ancient name "Trinacria" was chosen for the island, while the title "King of Sicily" remained associated with Neapolitan rule, so that there were now two kingdoms called Sicily.
It is possible that this usage is related with the Greek name of the island of Sicily, Τρινακρία (Trinacria) ' having three headlands '. [20] The Sicilian triskeles is shown with the head of Medusa at the center. [21] The ancient symbol has been re-introduced in modern flags of Sicily since 1848.
The Modern Art Gallery of Palermo (Italian: Galleria d'Arte Moderna Palermo) is a civic art gallery of Palermo, displaying works from the 19th until the early 20th century, located on Via Sant'Anna #21, adjacent to the church of Sant'Anna la Misericordia in the ancient quarter of the Kalsa of the city of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy.
Sicily; Trinacria [1]: Use: Civil and state flag: Proportion: 13:20 (as shown above), 2:3 or 3:5: Adopted: 4 January 2000 (): Design: Divided diagonally from the upper hoist-side corner; the upper triangle is red and the lower triangle is yellow; in the center is the Sicilian triskelion featuring the winged head of Medusa with three ears of wheat protruding from it.
The Pinacoteca Zelantea is the main art gallery located on Via Marchese di S. Giuliano #17 in the town of Acireale, Sicily. The art gallery and affiliated library are housed in the Neoclassical palace designed by Mariano Panebianco in the late 19th-century. The art gallery is part of an institute that comprises a library, and a society of scholars.
The Kingdom of Trinacria was established in 1282, the year of the coronation of King Peter III of Aragon, and was consolidated in 1302, the year of the Peace of Caltabellota when, at the conclusion of the first phase of the War of the Sicilian Vespers, the Kingdom of Sicily was officially divided into two parts, one of which was the island part of Sicily, officially called the Kingdom of ...
Rooms 5-8 Paintings, sculptures, funerary monuments and works of decorative art of the 16th century; Room 6 "Scylla" by G. A. Montorsoli; Rooms 9-11 17th-century art and culture; Room 10 Caravaggio works; Room 12 18th-century art and culture in Messina; Room 13 "The treasury" silversmithry, cribs, church ornaments, pottery [3]