Illustrated History of Sicily

A visual journey through the land, cuisine, people, language, and living traditions of Sicily — the crossroads of civilizations.

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On May 11, 1860, a 53-year-old revolutionary named Giuseppe Garibaldi landed at

At the conclusion of the War of Spanish Succession in 1713, Sicily

After the Sicilian Vespers drove the French from the island, Sicily came

When the last Norman king died in 1189 without a direct heir,

The Norman conquest of Sicily was one of the most improbable stories

The Arab conquest of Sicily began in 827 AD and took nearly

When the Western Roman Empire collapsed in 476 AD, Sicily did not

When the First Punic War ended in 241 BC with Roman victory

In 734 BC, Greek colonists from Chalkis established the settlement of Naxos

Long before Greek colonists arrived on Sicilian shores in the 8th century

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