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Sicilian Christmas Dishes

(public domain) Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea and is bordered also by the Ionian and the Tyrrhenian seas. All of it is beautiful. Even though it is an island, it still has room for...

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Italian Christmas: Feast of the Seven Fishes

The feasts of Italy and Sicily are full of good food and tradition. Here is one of them...

16 comments    family food recipes
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The King's Golden Crown

An alchemist at work. Alchemists failed to make gold out of other metls, but they learned many useful facts. Archimedes (287-212 B.C.) was a Greek, a native of Syracuse, a city in Sicily. He was a great...

11 comments    science gold silver
Erice, Venus' mountain, where her temple preceded the churches you find there today. Pictured is a castle built recently by an Englishman.74

Greek Culture on the Isle of Sicily

We traveled through Sicily in May of 2009, a journey through centuries and landscapes varied and voluptuous. Among the many wonders—the beautiful Baroque cities, the breathtaking coast, intriguing Palermo,...

2 comments    sicily persephone demeter
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Habsburg Empire

EMPEROR FRANZ JOSEPH 1910 The Habsburg dynasty reigned from 15th to 20th century over most of Europe. The name derived from the family seat Habichtsburg (Hawk's Castle) in Switzerland.  The first of the...

4 comments    marriage europe spain
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Italian Villas

Who has not dreamed of getting away for a couple of weeks, a month or even an entire summer season in an Italian villa? Italy is a wonderful tourist location year-round, with fantastic shopping, gorgeous...

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Exciting Sicilian Day Trips And Adventures!

Apart from the breathtaking scenery and the lure of the Mediterranean Sea, your Sicily holiday can offer many exciting things to do, many of which the average tourist may not have thought of.  For example,...

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Discover Andrea Camilleri, and enter mysterious Sicily

Take an idiosyncratic police Inspector, surround him with quirky good guys and bad guys, place them in a funny yet sad Sicily, add Camilleri's way with words and out come an engaging Montalbano mystery. That...

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The Birth Of The Sicilian Mafia

The beginning of the Sicilian Mafia or Cosa Nostra is hard to identify, because of its secretive nature and lack of historical record keeping. In the history of Sicily there was an upheaval when the island...

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Mount Etna.. A Thrilling Part Of Your Sicily Vacation!

When you hear of active volcanoes, one cannot help but think of Mount Etna, one of the world’s most famous volcanoes.  Located on the east coast of the island of Sicily, Mount Etna is the largest active...

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