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Sicily Coordinates: 36°41′18.4″N 15°09′06.1″E / 36.688444°N 15.151694°E / 36.688444; 15. Capo Passero or Cape Passaro ( Sicilian : Capu Pàssaru ; Greek : Πάχυνος ; Latin : Pachynus or Pachynum ) is a celebrated promontory of Sicily , forming the extreme southeastern point of the whole island, and one of the three ...
This is the list of all the presidents of Sicily since 1947. There has been 24 elected presidents by Regional Council (1947–2001), and 4 directly elected presidents ...
Port of Palermo (Italian: Porto di Palermo) is a port serving Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The port of Palermo is one of the major ports for passenger traffic in the Mediterranean. According to author Patrizia Fabbri the port has been "a constant driving force not only for the island's economy, but in the history of the city of Palermo". [ 2 ]
Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sicily (14th century). The monarchs of Sicily ruled from the establishment of the Kingdom of Sicily in 1130 until the "perfect fusion" in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in 1816. The origins of the Sicilian monarchy lie in the Norman conquest of southern Italy which occurred between the 11th and 12th century.
Temple of Segesta. The history of Sicily has been influenced by numerous ethnic groups. It has seen Sicily controlled by powers, including Phoenician and Carthaginian, Greek, Roman, Vandal and Ostrogoth, Byzantine, Arab, Norman, Aragonese, Spanish, Austrians, British, but also experiencing important periods of independence, as under the indigenous Sicanians, Elymians, Sicels, the Greek ...
The Bayesian went down off the port of Porticello, near Sicily's capital of Palermo, after an unexpected storm early Monday morning. Fifteen people, including Lynch's wife and the owner of the ...
Philip V of Bourbon, king of Spain and king of the Indies, ordered in 1718 the attack on Sicily to reconquer it. On July 1, 1718, the Spaniards landed in Sicily, near Solunto (in the gulf of the same name, which later became the Gulf of Termini Imerese), landing 30,000 men-at-arms, [11] [12] whose orders were to take Sicily by force from the Savoyards and bring the Sicilians back under the ...
Town of Port Royal officials said goodbye to long-time Police Chief Alan Beach Wednesday and released the names of three finalists who hope to replace him — one in-house candidate and two from ...