Interesting Facts About Sicily: Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Photo by Andrea Calcagno
Interesting Facts About Sicily. Sicily is a big island in the Mediterranean Sea. Sicily is a part of Italy. This island has an ancient history and many historical sights. The main city of the island is Palermo.
Sicily is a very beautiful island. Awesome landscapes, warm clear water of the Mediterranean Sea, long sandy beaches and fresh seafood, fantastic architecture and smiley people – are waiting for you in Sicily.
Interesting Facts About Sicily: Marzamemi, Sicily, Italy. Photo by Stefano La Rosa
1. The Mount Etna on Sicily is a highest active volcano in Europe. Its high is 3,329 m.
2. The very first sonnet was the product of the Sicilian poet Giacomo da Lentini. This sonnet was created in the early 13th century. The work has spread from Sicily to Tuscany. Later, it was made famous worldwide by the next generation of great poets such as Petrarch and Dante Alighieri, the famous author of The Divine Comedy. From Italy, the sonnet was introduced in England, where was widely used by William Shakespeare.
Interesting Facts About Sicily: Tindari, Sicily, Italy. Photo by Scott Wylie
3. The World-famous ancient mathematician Archimedes was born in Sicily, in Syracuse.
4. In Sicily, there was a tradition to steal brides and to hide them somewhere for three days, after which no one could prevent to marry her (even the girl herself could not prevent to marry her).
Interesting Facts About Sicily: Greek-Roman Theatre, Taormina, Sicily, Italy. Photo by Dennis Jarvis
5. Sicily is slowly moving to mainland Italy. Someday Sicily will merge with the mainland.
6. According to the old legend, the island was settled by the Cyclops. There is a supposition, that the Cyclops lived on the volcano Etna, as God Hephaestus.
Interesting Facts About Sicily: Temple of Concordia, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. Photo by Dennis Jarvis
7. The ancient philosopher Empedocles lived in Sicily.
8. Mystic and adventurer – Alessandro Cagliostro lived in Sicily.
Interesting Facts About Sicily: Siracusa, Sicily, Italy. Photo by Scott Wylie
9. In Sicily, there are many abandoned houses. Locals built houses without buying the land, and when the government demanded the money for the land – people could not pay and they just left the houses.
Interesting Facts About Sicily: Savoca, Sicily, Italy. Photo by Dennis Jarvis
10. In the ranking of Forbes Palermo became one of the top five cities in the world with the highly prevalent different kinds of the street food.
11. Sicily is a motherland of the mafia.
Interesting Facts About Sicily: Seafood in Sicily. Photo by Michael Button
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