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2. Sicilian cuisine - Wikipedia

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   Sicilian 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. [2] Although its cuisine has much in common with Italian cuisine, Sicilian food also has Greek, Spanish, French, Jewish, Maghrebi, and Arab influences.

3. Sicily - Wikipedia

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   Italy. (2024) [ 1 ] (8.1% of Italy) Sicily (Italian: Sicilia, pronounced [siˈtʃiːlja] ⓘ; Sicilian: Sicilia, pronounced [sɪˈ (t)ʃiːlja] ⓘ, officially Regione Siciliana) is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy.

4. List of Sicilian dishes - Wikipedia

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   Cannoli. shortcrust pastry cylindrical shell filled with sweetened sheep milk ricotta. Caponata. cooked vegetable salad made from chopped fried eggplant and celery seasoned with sweetened vinegar, with capers in a sweet and sour sauce. Crocchè. mashed potato and egg covered in bread crumbs and fried. Farsu magru.

5. History of Sicily - Wikipedia

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   The Kingdom was founded in 1130 by Roger II, belonging to the Siculo-Norman family of Hauteville. During this period, Sicily was prosperous and politically powerful, becoming one of the wealthiest states in all of Europe. [1] As a result of the dynastic succession, the Kingdom passed into the hands of the Hohenstaufen.

6. Castello di Caccamo - Wikipedia

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   The Castello di Caccamo (English: Caccamo Castle) is a castle in Caccamo, Sicily. It is among the largest and best preserved Norman castles in Sicily, and one of the largest in Italy. [1] The castle is built on a steep cliff, 521 metres above sea level. It overlooks the surrounding countryside, including the San Leonardo River Valley, and the ...

7. Palermo - Wikipedia

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   Sicily was the first part of Italy to be taken under control of General Belisarius who was commissioned by the Eastern Emperor. In late 535 his Byzantine army of 7,500–9,000 and a fleet laid siege to the city in the Siege of Panormus, which had refused to surrender unlike all the other Ostrogothic-held cities in Sicily, and eventually prevailed.