Sicily Italian name Sicilia region coa Coat of arms of Sicily.svg coa size map Map Region of Sicilia.svg ... party2 NUTS ITG iso region Sicily Italian language Italian and Sicilian language Sicilian Sicilia ... , Lampedusa are part of Sicily. Its official name is Regione Autonoma Siciliana English Sicilian Autonomous Region . Sicily, like all regions of Italy when viewed separately, has its own rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts , Music of Sicily music , literature, Sicilian cuisine ... are also important sectors for the island Economy Economic sectors . Sicily also holds importance for archeological .... There are continuous excavations that occur in Sicily due to its extensive history. File Sicily topo.png thumb 300px Topography of Sicily File Mount Etna snow toppd.jpg thumb Mount Etna ... thumb View of the town of Vizzini , on the slopes of Monte Lauro in the Hyblaean Mountains Sicily ... EBchecked topic 542800 Sicily Britannica Travel & Geography Sicily Italian Sicilia retrieved ... producing area throughout the 19th century, but have declined since the 1950s. Sicily and its small ... of mainland Sicily with a height of convert 3320 m abbr on , is the tallest active volcano ... of mainland Sicily, exhibit a volcanic complex including Stromboli . Currently active also are the three dormant volcanoes of Vulcano , Vulcanello and Lipari . Off the southern coast of Sicily ... which itself is a dormant volcano , on the Phlegraean Fields of the Strait of Sicily . Flora & fauna Sicily has a number of forest and riverine habitat s.The Nebrodi Mountains Regional Park, established August 4, 1993, with its 86,000 ha is the largest protected natural area of Sicily, here is the largest forest of Sicily, called forest Caronia, that is also the second name of Nebrodi Mountains. A number of bird species are found in Sicily. In some cases Sicily is a delimited point of a species range. For example, the subspecies of Hooded Crow , Corvus cornix ssp cornix occurs in Sicily, Sardinia ... more details
Sicilia orientale Eastern Sicily is that part of the territory of Sicily to the Ionian Sea Ionian coast of the isle. Provinces of the Eastern Sicily Province of Messina Messina Province of Catania Catania Province of Siracusa Siracusa Province of Ragusa Ragusa Province of Enna Enna Category Geography of Sicilysicily stub it Sicilia orientale ... more details
Sicily is a region of Italy comprising the island of the same name. Sicily or Sicilia may also refer to The Sicilia Roman province Roman province of Sicilia The Emirate of Sicily , an 10th century Islamic state The Kingdom of Sicily , a medieval and early modern Italian kingdom One of its successor states, the 19th century Kingdom of the Two Sicilies The Sicily Rome American Cemetery and Memorial , a cemetery for American troops killed in World War II , including the Allied invasion of SicilySicily actress Sicily Sewell Johnson , an American actress Sicily Bridge , a proposed bridge across the Strait of Messina Sicily, Illinois Sicily Island, Louisiana Sicily Township, Gage County, Nebraska Italian battleship Sicilia Italian battleship Sicilia SS Sicilia , a German steamship See also Sicilian disambig de Sizilien Begriffskl rung ru uk ... more details
Peter of Sicily may refer to Petrus Siculus floruit fl. 870 Peter I of Sicily Peter III of Aragon 1282 1285 Peter II of Sicily 1305 1342 hndis ... more details
Politics of Sicily This page gathers the results of election s in politics of SicilySicily . Regional elections Last regional election Main Sicilian regional election, 2008 The last regional election, for the renewal of the Regional Assembly and the Presidency of Sicily, was held on 13 14 April 2008. The election was competed by two main competitors Raffaele Lombardo for the centre right and Anna Finocchiaro for the centre left. Lombardo won by a landslide, 65.3 against 30.4 of Finocchiaro. Sicilian ... regional election, 2006 Italian general elections in Sicily Last general election Main Italian general election, 2008 Sicily Italian general election, 2008 Sicily List of previous general elections Italian general election, 1946 Sicily Italian general election, 1948 Sicily Italian general election, 1953 Sicily Italian general election, 1958 Sicily Italian general election, 1963 Sicily Italian general election, 1968 Sicily Italian general election, 1972 Sicily Italian general election, 1976 Sicily Italian general election, 1979 Sicily Italian general election, 1983 Sicily Italian general election, 1987 Sicily Italian general election, 1992 Sicily Italian general election, 1994 Sicily Italian general election, 1996 Sicily Italian general election, 2001 Sicily Italian general election, 2006 Sicily European Parliament elections in Sicily Last European Parliament election Main European Parliament election, 2009 Sicily The European Parliament election, 2009 Italy European Parliament election ... 11.9 . European Parliament election, 2009 Sicily List of previous European Parliament elections European Parliament election, 1979 Sicily European Parliament election, 1984 Sicily European Parliament election, 1989 Sicily European Parliament election, 1994 Sicily European Parliament election, 1999 Sicily European Parliament election, 2004 Sicily br clear all Elections in Sicily Elections in Italian regions Category Politics of Sicily Category Elections in Sicily ... more details
File Chiaramonte Gulfi view.jpg thumb right 300px View from Chiaramonte Gulfi . Balcony of Sicily refers to the Sicily Sicilian town of Chiaramonte Gulfi in the province of Ragusa . The town was given this nickname for its panoramic position, with views over the Ippari Valley of the Ippari and its towns Comiso , Vittoria, Italy Vittoria , Acate and all the way to the Mediterranean sea if looking south, as far as Mount Etna in direction north and to the Erean Mountains with Caltagirone if looking west. DEFAULTSORT Balcony Of Sicily Category Geography of Sicily ... more details
Politics of Sicily The Politics of Sicily , Italy takes place in a framework of a Presidential system presidential representative democracy , whereby the President of Regional Government is the head of government , and of a pluriform multi party system . Executive power is exercised by the Regional Government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Sicilian Regional Assembly . Executive The Regional Government Giunta Regionale is presided over by the President of the Region Presidente della Regione , who is elected to a five year term, and is composed of the President and the Ministers Assessori , who are currently 12. ref http www.regione.sicilia.it giunta.asp REGIONE SICILIANA WEB La Giunta Regionale Bot generated title ref Current composition Empty section date June 2008 List of Presidents Main List of Presidents of Sicily Presidents of Sicily Legislative branch Main Sicilian Regional Assembly The Sicilian Regional Assembly Assemblea Regionale Siciliana , ARS is composed of 90 members. The Assembly is elected for a five year term, but, if the President suffers a vote of no confidence, resigns or dies, under the simul stabunt vel simul cadent prevision, also the Assembly will be dissolved and there will be a fresh election. This occurred when Salvatore Cuffaro Cuffaro resigned in 2008 . Current composition Empty section date June 2008 Parties and elections Main List of political parties in Sicily Elections in Sicily Last regional election Main Sicilian regional ... of the President of Sicily, was held on 13 14 April 2008. The election was competed by two main ... election in Sicily Main Italian general election, 2008 Sicily Italian general election, 2008 Sicily Elections in Sicily References Reflist External links http www.regione.sicilia.it Sicilian Region ... Constitution of Sicily Politics of Italian Regions Use dmy dates date January 2011 DEFAULTSORT Politics Of Sicily Category Sicily Category Politics of Sicily ar ... more details
File Flag of Sicily revised .svg 210px right thumb Flag of the Region of Sicily File Bandiera dello Stato della Sicilia 28.04.1848 15.05.1849 .PNG 210px right thumb Flag of the Sicilian revolution of independence of 1848 Sicilian Revolution of 1848 File Sicily Independence Movement 1943 .png 210px right thumb Flag of the Sicilian Independence Movement File Bandiera del Regno di Sicilia 4.svg 210px right thumb Flag of the Kingdom of Sicily The flag of Sicily lang scn Bannera d Sicilia lang it Bandiera siciliana was first adopted in 1282, after the successful Sicilian Vespers revolt against Charles I of Sicily . It is characterized by the presence of the triskelion trinacria in its middle, the winged head of Medusa and three wheat ears. The three bent legs allegedly represent the three points of the triangular shape of the island of Sicily itself. The colours Which? date August 2010 , instead, respectively represent the cities of Palermo and Corleone , in medieval times an agricultural city ... of Sicily on 4 January 2000, after the passing of an apposite law which advocates its use on public buildings, schools, city halls, and all the other places in which Sicily is represented. The flag ... in both of these today, the triskelion or trisceli is also widely considered the actual symbol of Sicily. The symbol is also known as the trinacria , which is also an ancient name of Sicily. The name was also revived and used during the Aragon ese period of the Kingdom of Sicily immediately after the Sicilian Vespers 1282 which ended Angevin rule. During the period of muslim rule under Emirate of SicilySicily used a pure green flag, similar to Libya s Sources it icon http www.palermoweb.com cittadelsole ... La Trinacria http www.sicilianculture.com folklore trinacria.htm Sicilian Culture The Trinacria Sicily DEFAULTSORT Sicily, Flag of Category Flags of Italy Category Sicily Flag Category Culture of Sicily Flag Europe flag stub Sicily stub bs Zastava Sicilije de Flagge Siziliens et Sitsiilia lipp es Bandera ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The Pact for Sicily Patto per la Sicilia , PpS is a political party in Italy . It emerged in 2006 by the christian democracy christian democratic faction led by Nicol Nicolosi within New Sicily . Nicolosi has been MP for that party between since 2001. Shortly before the Sicilian regional election, 2008 2008 regional election PpS was merged into the Movement for Autonomy . See also Southern Italy autonomist movements DEFAULTSORT Pact For Sicily Category Political parties in Sicily Category Political parties established in 2006 it Patto per la Sicilia ... more details
The Sicels Sicel city the Romans called Assorus Greek Assoros is the modern Assoro in the province of Enna , Sicily. Assorus was an inland town, midway between Enna and Agyrium. It long resisted Hellenization, and retained its traditional Sicel character. External links http penelope.uchicago.edu Thayer E Gazetteer Periods Roman Texts Ptolemy 3 4 .html Assorus Assorus located in Ptolemy s Geography, book III Sicily stub Euro archaeology stub coord missing Italy Category Archaeological sites in Sicily ca Assorus ... more details
of Sicily common name Sicily continent Europe region Italy country Italy government type Monarchy year start 1071 year end 1130 event start date start event end date end p1 Emirate of Sicily flag p1 Fatimid flag.svg s1 Kingdom of Sicily flag s1 Bandiera del Regno di Sicilia 4.svg image flag image ... religion Roman Catholicism leader1 Roger I of Sicily Roger I year leader1 1071 1101 leader2 Simon, Count of Sicily Simon year leader2 1101 1105 leader3 Roger II of Sicily Roger II year leader3 1105 1130 title leader Count footnotes The County of Sicily was a Italo Normans Norman state comprising the islands of Sicily and Malta from 1071 until 1130. The county began to form during the Norman conquest of southern Italy Christian reconquest of Sicily 1061&ndash 91 from the Emirate of Sicily Muslim ... of Sicily . After the Muslims had been defeated and either forced out or incorporated into the Norman ... of Sicily was created by Robert Guiscard in 1071 for his younger brother Roger Bosso . Guiscard himself had received the title Duke of Sicily dux Siciliae in 1059 from Pope Nicholas II as encouragement ... of Sicily was completed when Noto fell. The conquest of Malta was begun later that year it was completed ... of Roger II of Sicily and William II of Apulia conflict broke out between the two Norman principalities ... inherited the mainland duchy three years later he merged his holdings to form the Kingdom of Sicily with the approval of Pope Anacletus II . List of counts See also List of monarchs of SicilySicily ... wikitable width 22 Count width 105px Portrait Birth width 25 Marriages width 19 Death Roger I of Sicily ... of Sicily Simon br 1101 &ndash 1105 File Blason sicile famille Hauteville.svg 100px Hauteville 1093 br son of Roger I of Sicily and Adelaide del Vasto never married 1105 br Mileto br aged 12 Roger II of Sicily Roger II br 1105 &ndash 1130 File Martorana RogerII.jpg 100px Roger II 22 December 1095 br Mileto br son of Roger I of Sicily and Adelaide del Vasto Elvira of Castile Sicilian queen Elvira ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Chersonesos or Chersonesus Greek language Greek polytonic was an ancient city of Sicily , Italy . It was one of the oldest ancient Greece Greek colonies in Sicily, being founded in 717 BC 717 or 716 BC 716 BCE . Jerome, ap. Eusebius, Chronikon , 157 . Its precise location is not now known, but it is near Syracuse, Italy Syracuse Ptolemy Ptol. 3. 94. 4 . References M. Miller, The Sicilian Colony Dates , 1970 , ISBN 0 87395 049 6, p. 15, 22 coord unknown Italy Category Ancient Greek cities Category Ancient Greek sites in Italy Category 710s BC establishments Category Populated places established in the 8th century BC Category Lost cities and towns Category Sicily Category Former populated places in Italy Sicily stub ... more details
Simon of Hauteville 1093 1105 , called Simon de Hauteville in French and Simone D Altavilla in Italian, was the eldest son and successor of Roger I of Sicily Roger the Great Count , count of Sicily, and Adelaide del Vasto , under whose regency he reigned. The chronicler Alexander of Telese relates an incident that took place during the childhood of Simon and his brother, Roger blockquote As the way of children, they were playing a coin game which was a favorite of theirs, and fell to fighting. When they fought, each with a group of boys whom they had gathered together, the younger, Roger, was the conqueror. As a result, he mocked his brother Simon, saying, It would be far better that I should have the honor of ruling triumphantly after our father s death than you. However, when I shall be able to do this I shall make you a bishop or even Pope in Rome to which you re far better suited. blockquote Simon was young when he ascended to the county in 1101 and he died only four years later in 1105. His death allowed his brother, the great Roger II Roger II of Sicily , who would be king of Sicily, to succeed him. Sources Alexander of Telese , The Deeds Done by King Roger of Sicily . BR Sicily stub BR start box succession box before Roger I of Sicily Roger I title Count of Sicily years 1101&ndash 1105 after Roger II of Sicily Roger II end box Category 1093 births Category 1105 deaths Category Kings of Sicily Category Normans Category Italo Normans Category Medieval child rulers ar ca Sim de Sic lia da Simon af Sicilien de Simon Sizilien fr Simon de Sicile it Simone di Sicilia hu Simon szic liai gr f nl Simon van Sicili ja no Simon, greve av Sicilia pl Szymon Sycylijski ru scn Simuni di Sicilia fi Simon Sisilia ... more details
New Sicily Nuova Sicilia , NS is a Regionalism politics regionalist social democracy social democratic political party based in Sicily . Its founder and current leader is Bartolo Pellegrino . It is composed mainly by former members of the Italian Socialist Party The party is affiliated to the House of Freedoms , the centre right coalition led by Silvio Berlusconi . It participated in the Italian general election, 2006 national general election , obtaining 33,437 votes, and the Sicilian regional election, 2006 Sicilian regional election of 2006, in a joint ticket with the Movement for Autonomy , obtaining 308,219 12.5 of regional votes and ten seats in the Sicilian Regional Assembly. See also Southern Italy autonomist movements Political parties of Italy Category Political parties in Sicily ca Nova Sic lia it Nuova Sicilia ... more details
Siqilliyya conventional long name Emirate of Sicily common name Sicily continent Europe region Italy ... s1 County of Sicily flag s1 image flag Fatimid flag.svg image coat image map Italy 1000 AD.svg image map caption Italy in 1000. The Emirate of Sicily is coloured in light green. capital Palermo ... leader4 1040 1053 title leader Emir footnotes The Emirate of Sicily was an Caliphate Islamic state on the island of Sicily in what is now Southern Italy , which existed from 965 to 1072. ref name stan ... title Brief history of Sicily date 24 November 2008 format PDF ref First Arab invasions of Sicily In 535, List of Byzantine Emperors Emperor Justinian I made Sicily a Byzantine province, and for the second .... As the power of the Byzantine Empire waned, Sicily was invaded by the Arab forces of Uthman Ibn Affan ... Smith first Denis year 1968 title A History of Sicily Medieval Sicily 800 1713 , publisher Chatto ..., and it was only discord among the Arabs that prevented an attempted invasion of Sicily coming next ... of Sicily In 826 Euphemius King of Sicily Euphemius , the commander of the Byzantine fleet of Sicily ... title Brief history of Sicily date 7 October 2007 format PDF ref He offered rule of Sicily ... as a general and safety an Arab army was sent. ref name stan The latter agreed to conquer Sicily ..., Sicily Syracuse . After Siege of Syracuse 827 828 a year of siege , and an attempted mutiny, his ..., pg. 370 ref Palermo became the Muslim capital of Sicily, renamed al Madinah The City . ref name alatas ...?nmid 18936909 Islam in Sicily , by Alwi Alatas ref The conquest was a see saw affair with considerable resistance and many internal struggles, it took over a century for Byzantine Sicily to be conquered ... Sicily was ruled by the Sunni Aghlabid dynasty in Tunisia and the Shiite Fatimid s in Egypt . The Byzantines ... as Emir of Sicily. He successfully managed to control the continuously revolting Byzantines and founded ... and sugarcane were introduced to Sicily. A description of Palermo was given by Ibn Hawqal ... more details
Infobox royalty name Mary succession Queen of Sicily Duchess of Athens image Mary of Sicily.jpg caption spouse Martin I of Sicily Martin of Aragon reign 1377 25 May 1401 predecessor Frederick III the Simple Frederick III successor Martin I of Sicily Martin I issue house Trinacria father Frederick III of Sicily mother Constance of Aragon 1343 1363 Constance of Aragon date of birth 2 July 1363 place of birth date of death 25 May 1401 place of death place of burial Mary of Sicily 2 July 1363 &ndash 25 May 1401 was Queen of Sicily and Duchess of Athens from 1377 until her death. Born in Catania , she was the daughter and heir of Frederick III the Simple Frederick III The Simple by his first wife Constance of Aragon, Queen of Sicily Constance of Aragon . As she was very young at the time of her father s death in 1377, her government was effectively taken over by four baronial families who styled themselves vicars . The regent named by Mary s father, Artale Alagona , was initially forced to form a government with other three Vicars, including Francesco II Ventimiglia, count of Manfredi III Chiaramonte , count of Modica , and Guglielmo Peralta, count of Caltabellotta , with a parity of exponents of the Italian and Aragonese parties. However, the four men ruled in their separate baronal lands alone. In 1379 she was kidnapped by count Guglielmo Raimondo Moncada to prevent her marriage with Giangaleazzo ... first to Sardinia , then, in 1384, to Aragon , where she was married to Martin I of Sicily Martin .... At that time, Martin repudiated the Treaty of 1372 and ruled Sicily alone. She also survived their only .... Mary of Sicily died at Lentini in 1401. References cite book first Maria Rita last Lo Forte Scirpo ... of Sicily Queen of Sicily years 1377 1401 s aft after Martin I of Sicily Martin I s ttl title ... of Aragon Dukes of Athens Category 1363 births Mary of Sicily Category 1401 deaths Mary of Sicily category People from Catania Category Kings of Sicily Category Monarchs of Sicily Category Queens ... more details
of Sicily common name Sicily continent Europe country Italy government type Absolute monarchy year start 1130 event start Roger II of Sicily Royal investiture Established event end Reunification with the Kingdom ... event post date post p1 County of Sicily flag p1 p2 Duchy of Apulia flag p2 s3 Kingdom of the Two Sicilies ... 4.svg image coat Arms of the Aragonese Kings of Sicily Crowned .svg image map Kingdom of Sicily 1154.svg image map caption The Kingdom of Sicily as it existed at the death of its founder, Roger II of Sicily Roger of Sicily , in 1154. capital Palermo 1130 1266 br Naples 1266 1282 br Palermo ... Roman Catholicism , Islam tolerated until 1350 leader1 Roger II of Sicily Roger II year leader1 1130 1154 leader2 William I of Sicily year leader2 1154 1166 leader3 William II of Sicily year leader3 1166 1189 leader4 Tancred of Sicily year leader4 1190 1194 leader5 Henry VI of Sicily year leader5 1194 1198 leader6 Frederick II of Sicily year leader6 1198 1250 leader7 Charles I of Anjou year leader7 1266 1282 leader8 Martin I of Sicily Martin I year leader8 1390 1409 leader9 Ferdinand ... Sicilian piastra The Kingdom of Sicily lang it Regno di Sicilia , commonly abbreviated Regno , lang ... in the south of Italy from its founding by Roger II of Sicily Roger II in 1130 until 1861. It was a successor state of the County of Sicily , which had been founded in 1071 during the Norman conquest of southern Italy . The Kingdom covered not only the island of Sicily itself, but also the whole ... of the island of Sicily. The Angevins managed to maintain control in the mainland areas of the kingdom ... , the King of Spain or the Holy Roman Emperor . In 1816 the Kingdom of Sicily merged with Kingdom of Naples ... in 1130 by Roger II of Sicily Roger II of Sicily . Roger united the lands he inherited from his father Roger I of Sicily Roger I of Sicily . These areas included the Duchy of Apulia and the County of Sicily , which belonged to his cousin William II, Duke of Apulia William II, Duke of Apulia ... more details
Image Solunto Tempel.jpg thumb 250px Ruins of a temple at Solunto . The history of Sicily has seen Sicily ... of Sicily Emirate then Kingdom of Sicily . Although today part of the Republic of Italy , it has its own distinct culture. Sicily is both the largest region of the modern state of Italy and the largest ... trade routes. ref cite news url http www.keyitaly.com article sicily guide publisher KeyItaly.com title Sicily date 20 November 2007 ref For example, the area was highly regarded as part of Magna Graecia , with Cicero describing Syracuse, Sicily Siracusa as the greatest and most beautiful city ... of rural Sicily has focused on its latifundia economy caused by the centrality of large, originally ... times a land of emigrants . Sicily is part of the Mezzogiorno southern Italy, including Sicily and often ... and the Mafia in Sicily. Prehistory The indigenous peoples of Sicily , long absorbed into the population ... begin to settle in western Sicily, having already started colonies on the nearby parts of North ... came under its direct control. Classical Age Greek period Image Sicily Selinunte Temple E Hera .JPG thumb right Greek temple at Selinunte . Temple dedicated to Hera, built in the 5th century BC. Sicily ..., which included Sicily as part of Magna Graecia both Empedocles and Archimedes were from Sicily ... War . In Greek Mythology , the goddess Athena threw Mount Aitna onto the island of Sicily and upon ... http www.theoi.com Gigante GiganteEnkelados.html Enceladus Giant of Mt. Etna in Sicily , Theoi. ref ... of all but the eastern part of Sicily, which was dominated by Syracuse. However, the dividing line ... II , all of Sicily except Syracuse was in Roman hands, becoming Rome s first province outside ... control of parts of Sicily, but in the end was driven off. Many Carthaginian sympathizers were killed in 210 BC the Roman consul M. Valerian told the Roman Senate that no Carthaginian remains in Sicily ... six centuries Sicily was a province of the Roman Republic and later Roman Empire Empire . It was something ... more details
infobox Book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name Conversations in Sicily title orig Conversazione in Sicilia translator Alane Salierno Mason image image caption author Elio Vittorini cover artist country Italy language English language English series genre Fiction publisher Cannongate pub date 1941 , 2000 , 2003 media type Print Hardcover Hardback & Paperback pages isbn 1841954500 oclc 56645056 preceded by followed by Conversazione in Sicilia first appeared in serial form in Letteratura in 1938, and was first published as the novel Nome e Lagrime in 1941. The story concerns Silvestro Ferrauto and his return to Sicily after a long absence. The work contains a foreword & afterword by Ernest Hemingway . Conversazione in Sicilia literally translates as Conversation in Sicily the translator took the liberty of pluralising the title. The major themes of the work include detachment, poverty, exploitation and marital fidelity & respect. Plot summary Silvestro Ferrauto is a Sicilian working as a typesetter in Milan, who beset by strange feelings of hopelessness, decides to visit Sicily after receiving a letter from his father which reveals that the father has abandoned Ferrauto s mother. Ferrauto has not visited Sicily since leaving at the age of 15 and ends up on the train to Sicily apparently without conscious thought. Ferrauto then has various conversations with a number of Sicilians on the way to, and in, Sicily. His return to Sicily and his new understanding of his mother from an adult point of view seems to calm his hopelessness. In a drunken state he seems to have a conversation with his dead brother, or at the age he was when he was alive. The novel ... in a railway family, travelling widely by rail around Sicily and Italy, working in northern Italy as a typesetter ... Huillet s film Sicilia . Footnotes references Conversations in Sicily, Elio Vittorini , translated by Alane Salierno Mason DEFAULTSORT Conversations In Sicily Category 1941 novels Category Italian ... more details
coord 37.20 N 11.20 E scale 50000 display t File Strait of Sicily map.png thumb right The location of the Strait of Sicily. The Strait of Sicily ref Strait of Sicily , Britannica Atlas, Encyclop dia Britannica , Chicago U.S.A. , 1989. Page 36, Geographic coordinates 37.20N 11.20E. ref ref Scott C. Truver 1980 , The Strait of Gibraltar and the Mediterranean , Springer, 1st edition. ref is the strait between Sicily and Tunisia . It is about convert 145 km mi wide and divides the Tyrrhenian Sea and the western Mediterranean Sea from the eastern Mediterranean. Deep Ocean current currents in the strait flow from east to west, and the current nearer the surface travels in the opposite direction. The unusual water flow is of interest to oceanographer s. The island of Pantelleria lies in the middle of the strait. Its maximum depth is convert 1037 ft m . The strait has no universally accepted name in English language English other common names include Sicilian Strait , Sicilian Channel , Channel of Sicily , Sicilian Narrows and Pantelleria Channel . In Italian language Italian it is known as the Canale di Sicilia or the Stretto di Sicilia . In Sicilian language Sicilian Canali di Sicilia or Strittu di Sicilia . In French, it is usually referred to as the Cap Bon Channel or K libia Channel . Kelibia in Arabic, is the region in Tunisia on the southern tip of the strait. See also Italy Tunisia Delimitation Agreement References reflist Category Straits of Africa Sicily Category Straits of Italy Sicily Category Landforms of Tunisia Category Straits of the Mediterranean Category Italy Tunisia border Category International straits ar bs Sicilijanski moreuz cs Sicilsk pr liv cy Culfor Sisili de Stra e von Sizilien es Canal de Sicilia fr Canal de Sicile ko id Selat Sisilia it Canale di Sicilia he ku Tengava S c lya lt Sicilijos s siauris nl Kanaal van Sicili ja no Siciliastredet nn Siciliasundet pl Cie nina Sycylijska pt Estreito da Sic lia ... more details
refimprove date February 2010 Euphemius was a Byzantine admiral, probably born in Messina . At ca. 826 according to Michele Amari, ref Amari, Storia dei musulmani di Sicilia, vol. I ed. and rev. by C. Nallino , Catania, 1933. ref the Emperor appointed a new governor of Sicily called either Constantine or Photinus, who in turn entrusted a naval command to Euphemius, a landowner with a large following accused on a perhaps trumped up charge of abducting a young nun from a convent, he organized an uprising against the Byzantine Emperor, Michael II and, after some military successes, procaimed himself emperor in Syracuse Italy Syracuse , independent from Constantinople . In practice, he was a charismatic chief, and, respected as a king, the title of emperor meant that he dominated the whole territory of the island. Realising that he would be defeated by Byzantine troops when reinforcement were sent from the East, he appealed to Muslim leaders of Ifriqiya , where he asked the help of Arabs to take Sicily and Malta from the Byzantines. ref Peter Sammartino and William Roberts, Sicily An Informal History pp. 43f. ref In the high summer of 827 ref The date given by Luigi Antonio Muratori from the Chronicon Siculum at Cambridge, which recapitulates the events of the forty seven years during which the Saracens completed the conquest, Francis Marion Crawford, Southern Italy and Sicily and the rulers of the South , 1907, p. 73 . ref he joined his forces with a large fleet commanded by Asad ibn al Furat , but died later that year, killed by members of the imperial garrison at Enna . He is considered to be the man who initiated the Arab invasion of Sicily and Malta and the beginning of the two century Islamic domination on the island as the Emirate of Sicily . Notes reflist Byzantine bio stub DEFAULTSORT Euphemius Category People from Messina Category Byzantine admirals Category Byzantine usurpers Category 9th century Byzantine people Category 9th century Italian people Category B ... more details
Apollonia Greek language Greek polytonic was an ancient city of Sicily , which, according to Stephanus of Byzantium , was situated in the neighborhood of Aluntium and Calacte . Cicero also mentions it Or. in Verr. iii. 43 and in conjunction with Haluntium , Capitium , and Engyon Enguium , in a manner that seems to imply that it was situated in the same part of Sicily with these cities and we learn from Diodorus xvi. 72 that it was at one time subject to Leptines, the tyrant of Enguium, from whose hands it was wrested by Timoleon , and restored to an independent condition. A little later we find it again mentioned among the cities reduced by Agathocles , after his return from Africa , 307 BC 307 BCE Diod. xx. 56 . But it evidently regained its liberty after the fall of the tyrant, and in the days of Cicero was still a municipal town of some importance. Or. in Verr. iii. 43, v. 33. From this time it disappears from history, and the name is not found either in Pliny the Elder Pliny or Ptolemy . Its site has been much disputed but the passages above cited point distinctly to a position in the north eastern part of Sicily and it is probable that the modern Pollina , a small town on a hill, about convert 5 km 0 abbr on lk out from the sea coast, and convert 15 km 0 abbr on lk out east from Cefal , occupies its site. The resemblance of name is certainly entitled to much weight and if Enguium be correctly placed at Gangi, Sicily Gangi , the connection between that city and Apollonia is easily explained. It must be admitted that the words of Stephanus require, in this case, to be construed with considerable latitude, but little dependence can be placed upon the accuracy of that writer. References Notes SmithDGRG coord missing Italy Category Ancient Greek cities Category Ancient Greek sites in Italy Category Lost cities and towns Category History of Sicily Category Roman towns and cities in Italy Category Archaeological sites in Sicily Category Former populated places ... more details
Peter II of Sicily mother Elisabeth of Carinthia date of birth 1325 place of birth Sicily date of death ... Roman Catholic Eleanor of Sicily 1325 1375 was Queen Consort of Aragon 1349 1375 . She was the daughter of Peter II of Sicily and Elisabeth of Carinthia . She was the third wife of Peter IV of Aragon ... , Euphemia, Constance both regents of Sicily Beatrice, wife of Rupert II, Elector Palatine , Louis of Sicily and Blanche, Countess of Ampurias. Eleanor s paternal grandparents were Frederick III of Sicily and Eleanor of Anjou , daughter of Charles II of Naples and Maria of Hungary, Queen of Naples ... of Aragon, Queen of Sicily Constance and Joanna of Aragon, Countess of Ampurias Joanna but no surviving ... as Peter s chief adviser. ref http fmg.ac Projects MedLands SICILY.htm Eleonoradied1375 SICILY, Medieval ... Constance of Aragon Eleanor s stepdaughter . Frederick and Constance had a daughter, Mary of Sicily but no sons. Then in 1357 Frederick tried to give Eleanor the rights to the succession of Sicily and the rights of the duchies of Athens and Neopatria in return for military help from her husband in Sicily ... color 9fe 1 1. Eleanor of Sicily 2 2. Peter II of Sicily 3 3. Elisabeth of Carinthia 4 4. Frederick III of Sicily 5 5. Eleanor of Anjou 6 6. Otto III of Carinthia 7 7. Euphemia of Legnica 8 8. Peter III of Aragon 9 9. Constance of Sicily, Queen of Aragon Constance of Sicily 10 10. Charles II of Naples ... of Kalisz 16 16. James I of Aragon 17 17. Violant of Hungary 18 18. Manfred of Sicily 19 19 ... of Aragon Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Eleanor Of Sicily ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1325 PLACE OF BIRTH Sicily DATE OF DEATH 1375 PLACE OF DEATH Lleida , Spain DEFAULTSORT Eleanor Of Sicily Category 1325 births Category 1375 deaths Category House of Aragon ... more details
Infobox person name Sicily Johnson image Replace this image female.svg imagesize caption birthname Sicily Sewell birthdate birth date and age 1985 10 1 birthplace Pontiac , Michigan deathdate deathplace occupation yearsactive 1995&ndash present spouse Chris Johnson 2006&ndash present 1 child othername Sicily academyawards emmyawards tonyawards Sicily Sewell born October 1, 1985 is an United States American actress . She is sometimes credited in film or television as simply with a mononym Sicily . She made her television appearance on an Emmy Award winning episode of Sesame Street when she was eight years old. She played Young Aisha in a two part episode of Season 2 of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers called Rangers Back In Time prior to the season 2 finale, as well as in the 10 part mini series Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers . She also appeared in archive footage also as Young Aisha in the season following MMAR, Power Rangers Zeo . She starred as young Diana in the hit miniseries, Mama Flora s Family in 1998, and as Angela Bassett s niece in the film How Stella Got Her Groove Back . For four seasons, Sewell portrayed Spirit Jones, the best friend of Breanna Barnes played by Kyla Pratt in the situation comedy sitcom One on One TV series One on One . Citing a decision by UPN to move in a different direction for the fall 2005 season, Sicily was let go from One on One TV series One on One on June 20, 2005. This change came at a time when she was only nine episodes away from television syndication syndication . Sewell also appeared in the Lifetime TV network Lifetime original movie Fighting the Odds The Marilyn Gambrell Story alongside Ernie Hudson , Edwin Hodge and Jami Gertz in August ... imdb name id 0796412 name Sicily Sewell Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Sewell, Sicily ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1985 PLACE OF BIRTH Pontiac , Michigan DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Sewell, Sicily Category 1985 births Category American ... more details
The Theme of Sicily lang el was a Byzantine province thema , theme Byzantine district theme existing from the late 7th to the 10th century, encompassing the island of Sicily and the region of Calabria in the Italian peninsula Italian mainland . Following the Muslim conquest of Sicily , from 902 the theme was limited to Calabria, but retained its original name until the middle of the 10th century. History Ever since its reconquest from the Ostrogoths by Belisarius in 535 536, Sicily had formed a distinct Roman province province under a praetor , while the army was placed under a dux . ref Kazhdan 1991 , p. 1891 ref ref name DOAKS22 Nesbitt & Oikonomides 1994 , p. 22 ref A strategos military governor is attested on the island in Arab sources between 687 and 695, and it is at that time that the island was probably made into a theme. ref name Listes Oikonomides 1972 , p. 351 ref The theme was based in Syracuse, Sicily Syracuse , traditionally the chief city of Sicily. It comprised not only the island, which was divided into tourma i , but also the mainland duchy of Calabria polytonic , doukaton Kalavrias , which extended roughly up to the river Crati . ref name Listes ref name DOAKS Nesbitt & Oikonomides 1994 , pp. 19, 22 ref ref Pertusi 1952 , p. 179 ref The Muslim conquest of Sicily Muslim conquest of the island began in 826. Following the Siege of Syracuse 877 878 fall of Syracuse in 878 and the conquest of Taormina in 902, the strategos moved to Reggio di Calabria Rhegion , the capital of Calabria. During the first half of the 10th century, the Byzantines launched a number of failed expeditions to regain the island and maintained a few isolated strongholds near Messina until 965, when Rametta , the last Byzantine outpost, fell. The post of strategos of Sicily was thus retained as the official title until the mid 10th century, when the strategos ... Thematibus Category Byzantine Italy Category History of Sicily Category States and territories established ... more details
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