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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The Kingdom of Sicily (Latin: Regnum Siciliae; Italian: Regno di Sicilia; Sicilian: Regnu di Sicilia) was a state that existed in Sicily and the south...
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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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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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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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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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Porticello is a fishing port in Sicily, Italy, located between Palermo and Cefalu within the township of Santa Flavia. The village is dominated by the...
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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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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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Lucy (24 August 2024). "Five things we learned from Sicily yacht press conference". BBC News. "Sicily yacht sinking: Who are the missing and rescued?"....
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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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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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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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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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represented Vic Metro at the National Championships. Sicily also played for Melton bloods football club Sicily was drafted by the Hawthorn Football Club with...
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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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Diodorus Siculus (redirect from Diodoros of Sicily)
Diodorus Siculus or Diodorus of Sicily (Greek: Διόδωρος, translit. Diódōros; fl. 1st century BC) was an ancient Greek historian. He is known for writing...
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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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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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The 1851 Sicily tornadoes were two tornadoes that swept the Marsala countryside in western Sicily, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (now Italy) on December...
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Bagheria (redirect from Baharia, Sicily)
[baːˈɾiːa]) is a city and comune in the Metropolitan City of Palermo in Sicily, located approximately 10km to the east of the city centre. According to...
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Southern Italy (redirect from Two Sicilies (region))
Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily (officially denominated as one entity Regnum Siciliae citra Pharum and ultra Pharum, i.e. "Kingdom of Sicily on the other side...
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in Sicily, who rebelled against the imperial governor in 826 AD, and invited the Aghlabids to aid him, thus beginning the Muslim conquest of Sicily. Euphemius...
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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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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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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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