century AD. Sicily was ruled during the Early Middle Ages by the Vandals, the Ostrogoths, the Byzantine Empire, and the Emirate of Sicily. The Norman...
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The Allied invasion of Sicily, also known as the Battle of Sicily and Operation Husky, was a major campaign of World War II in which the Allied forces...
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the County of Sicily in 1071; the last Muslim city on the island, Noto, fell in 1091, marking the end of independent Islamic rule in Sicily. As the first...
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Vol II p. 171 Bitter Victory: The Battle for Sicily, 1943 by Carlo D'Este, pg. 148 "Operation Husky, Sicily 1943". olive-drab.com. 12 April 2008. Peppe...
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Kingdom of Sicily merged with the Kingdom of Naples, which was officially also known as the Kingdom of Sicily. Since both kingdoms were named Sicily, they...
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The Kingdom of Sicily (Latin: Regnum Siciliae; Sicilian: Regnu di Sicilia; Italian: Regno di Sicilia) was a state that existed in Sicily and the south...
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The Strait of Sicily (also known as Sicilian Strait, Sicilian Channel, Channel of Sicily, Sicilian Narrows and Pantelleria Channel; Italian: Canale di...
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The history of Sicily has been influenced by numerous ethnic groups. It has seen Sicily controlled by powers, including Phoenician and Carthaginian, Greek...
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Lampedusa Palermo Pantelleria Trapani Sigonella Milo Borizzo Boccadifalco Sicily Airport may refer to one of the airports listed below. Catania International...
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She married Melanie Wilkerson in 2022 and has two daughters. Sicily Sewell (2023). "Sicily Sewell Opens Up About Ending Acting Career, Hiding Sexuality...
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Agatha of Sicily (c. 231 – 251 AD) is a Christian saint. Her feast is on 5 February. Agatha was born in Catania, part of the Roman Province of Sicily, and...
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of the land of Sicily. The triskelion symbol is said to represent the three capes (headlands or promontories of the island of Sicily), namely: Pelorus...
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List of Sicilian monarchs (redirect from Kings of Sicily)
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...
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his death. Maria of Sicily died at Lentini in 1401. Murray (Firm), John (1890). A Handbook for Travellers in Southern Italy and Sicily: Comprising the Description...
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Look up Sicily in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sicily is a region of Italy comprising the island of the same name. Sicily or may also refer to: Sicilia...
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Diodorus Siculus (redirect from Diodoros of Sicily)
Siculus or Diodorus of Sicily (‹See Tfd›Greek: Διόδωρος, translit. Diódōros; fl. 1st century BC) was an ancient Greek historian from Sicily. He is known for...
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Palermo (redirect from Palermo, Sicily)
1072 the city was under Arab rule in the Emirate of Sicily when the city became the capital of Sicily for the first time. During this time the city was...
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Geoffrey, son of Count Ruggero of Sicily. Thereafter, Ragusa's history followed the events of the Kingdom of Sicily, created in the first half of the...
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Porticello is a fishing port in Sicily, Italy, located between Palermo and Cefalu. It is a frazione or village within the township of Santa Flavia. The...
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of the Two Sicilies came from the unification of the Kingdom of Sicily with the Kingdom of Naples (called the kingdom of peninsular Sicily), by King Alfonso...
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1154) was King of Sicily and Africa, son of Roger I of Sicily and successor to his brother Simon. He began his rule as Count of Sicily in 1105, became Duke...
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pronunciation: [vitˈtɔːrja]) is a town and comune in the province of Ragusa, Sicily, southern Italy. With its 64,212 inhabitants, Vittoria is the second most...
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Roger of Sicily may refer to: Roger I of Sicily Roger II of Sicily Roger III of Sicily This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...
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She was named in honor of the successful Allied invasion of Sicily during World War II. Sicily was laid down on 23 October 1944 by Todd-Pacific Shipyards...
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of Sicily from 1071 to 1101. As a member of the House of Hauteville, he participated in several military expeditions against the Emirate of Sicily (beginning...
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The music of Sicily is created by peoples from the isle of Sicily. It was shaped by the island's history, from the island's great presence as part of Magna...
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Nicasius (Nicasio, Nicaise) of Sicily (also known as Nicasio Burgio, Nicasius de Burgo, Nicasio Camuto de Burgio, Nicasius Martyr, Nicasius of Jerusalem)...
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following is a list of the municipalities (comuni) of Sicily, Italy. There are 390 municipalities in Sicily (as of January 2019): 43 in the Province of Agrigento...
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Kingdom of Naples (redirect from Napoleonic Kingdom of Sicily)
the island of Sicily revolted and was conquered by the Crown of Aragon, becoming a separate kingdom also called the Kingdom of Sicily. This left the...
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Elizabeth of Sicily or Elisabeth of Sicily may refer to: Elizabeth of Sicily, Queen of Hungary (1261–1303) Elisabeth of Sicily, Duchess of Bavaria (1310–1349)...
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