Italy Travel Guide

Travel guide tour to Sicily, Italy -  Sicily is the largest island in the south west tip of the Italian peninsula, on the Mediterranean Sea. Bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the west and south, the Ionian Sea to the east, and the Tyrrhenian Sea in the north, the island of Sicily is the Italian territory, separated by the Strait of Messina from the mainland.

Sicilian island colonized by the Greeks in – 8 6th century BC, became the first Roman province in the 3rd century BC under the authority of the Byzantines in the 6th century AD; come under the control of Arabs from North Africa 965 AD, and was acquired by the Normans in 1060 AD. Sicily was inserted into the Kingdom of Italy in 1861.

The Modern Sicily to form an autonomous region of Italy. Sicily region also includes Egadi Islands, Lipari Islands, Pelagie Islands, Pantelleria Island, and Ustica Island. Sicily is divided into 9 provinces, including Agrigento, Caltanissetta, Catania, Enna, Messina, Palermo, Ragusa, Syracuse
(Siracusa), and Trapani. Palermo is Sicily’s capital. (more…)

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