Guide to Sicily

Sicily is Italy's largest region and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Separated from Calabria by the Strait of Messina, it includes the islands of Pantelleria and Ustica as well as the Aeolian, Egadi and Pelagian Islands. Sicily is considered to be highly rich in its own unique culture, especially with regard to arts, cuisine, architecture and even language. The Sicilian economy is largely based on agriculture (famous for orange and lemon orchards).  This same rural countryside has attracted significant tourism in the modern age as its natural beauty is highly valued.

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Sicily Articles:

Palermo: Mario Biondi in concert

Published on the 05-08-2008

Mario Biondi concert: He will be in Palermo on September 5, 2008 ... are you ready to combo your vacation with this great concert?

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Palermo ready for Sultan's visit

Published on the 04-08-2008

Hopes are running high here that the Sultan of Oman will be a generous as he was to the city of Bari earlier this year when he begins his visit to the Sicily on Tuesday.

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2,500-Years-old Greek ship salvaged off Sicily

Published on the 28-07-2008

An ancient Greek trading ship that has lain on the seabed off the coast of Gela in southern Sicily for 2,500 years was brought to the surface for the first time on Monday

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Rare Byzantine baptismal font found

Published on the 26-07-2008

An extremely rare and very well preserved Byzantine baptismal font has been found on an island off the western Sicilian coast near Trapani.

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Corleone, Mafia Marriage

Published on the 24-07-2008

The National Association of Mafia Victims' Families hit out at wedding celebrations in Corleone for the daughter of Cosa Nostra super-boss Totò Riina on Wednesday.

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Italian grows tomato-eggplant tree

Published on the 12-07-2008

An amateur botanist in Sicily on Friday claimed he had created the world's first 'eggplant and tomato tree' as a solution to world famine.

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