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• https://www.italyguides.it/en/sicily/catania/etna-volcano
mountain comes from the Greek "Aitho", which means "to burn". The Arabs spoke of Etna as "the highest mountain of Sicily" while the Greek poet Pindar called it a "pillar of the sky". Etna's activities began six hundred thousand years ago and it is still...
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• https://www.italyguides.it/en/sicily/messina/port-of-messina
has remained almost completely unchanged throughout the centuries, maintaining its natural form, is the widest berth in Sicily. Though its vocation as a commercial port has waned, in the past it received and sheltered vessels of any tonnage from windy...
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• https://www.italyguides.it/en/about-us/guestbook
Po from United States 10 September 2013: Very helpful, interesting and informative travel and cultural information about Sicily. Author: Diane from Australia 03 September 2013: Such a rich and beautiful place to live. Author: Charles Cassidy from United...
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• https://www.italyguides.it/en/sicily/catania/ursino-castle
change when Frederick III was proclaimed king. Later, it became the home of the Spanish Aragon dynasty. The Isle of Sicily's inexorable decline, after the sixteenth century (from which it recovered in the eighteen hundreds), affected the Castle, which...
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• https://www.italyguides.it/en/sicily/agrigento/valley-of-the-temples
Museum laid out in the Convent of Saint Nicholas is an essential port of call for comprehending the immense splendor of Sicily and Agrigento's heritage. The interior of the museum is dominated by an enormous reconstructed Telamon, who in his original...
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• https://www.italyguides.it/en/sicily/palermo/pretoria-square
his son decided to sell the edifice, which was bought by the Senate of Palermo. It was then dismantled, transported to Sicily and reassembled by the son of a sculptor who had assumed ownership and direction of the work. However, installing a fountain of...
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• https://www.italyguides.it/en/sicily/taormina/greek-theater
Second in size only to the Theater in Syracuse, the Greek Theater in Taormina is one of the largest ancient theaters in Sicily. Though originally built in the Hellenistic era, it was completely reconstructed by the Romans and used for gladiatorial...
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• https://www.italyguides.it/en/sicily/agrigento
History, facts and travel tips about Agrigento The summit of a nearby hilltop affords a pleasant view of the ancient city of Agrigento, inherited by the Romans from the Greeks who had founded it in 581 B.C.. Since that time, Agrigento has had various...
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• https://www.italyguides.it/en/sicily/catania/duomo-square
Duomo Square A splendid circuit of Sicilian Baroque masterpieces characterizes the scene in the Piazza del Duomo at the heart of Catania. Rebuilt in 1700, on the site of the older medieval piazza, the present piazza has much the same role as centre of...
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• https://www.italyguides.it/en/sicily/catania/roman-theatre
Roman Theatre Standing at street level, looking down where the ancient Roman city once was, you can see little remains of the Theater's original form. Roman buildings often served as the foundations for later structures, which did not always preserve...
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