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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › SicilySicily - Wikipedia

    Sicily has a rich and unique culture in arts, music, literature, cuisine, and architecture. Sicily is located in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe; it is separated from Calabria by the Strait of Messina.

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › ItalyItaly - Wikipedia

    Italy, [a] officially the Italian Republic, [b] is a country in Southern [13] and Western [14] [c] Europe. It is located on a peninsula that extends into the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land border, as well as islands, notably Sicily and Sardinia. [16]

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  4. The Allied invasion of Sicily, also known as the Battle of Sicily and Operation Husky, was a major campaign of World War II in which the Allied forces invaded the island of Sicily in July 1943 and took it from the Axis powers ( Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany ).

    • 9 July – 17 August 1943, (1 month, 1 week and 1 day)
    • Sicily occupied by Allied forces
    • Allied victory
  5. Italy, Croatia [a] The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies ( Italian: Regno delle Due Sicilie) [1] was a kingdom in Southern Italy from 1816 to 1861 under the control of a cadet branch of the Spanish Bourbons. [2] The kingdom was the largest sovereign state by population and size in Italy before the Italian unification, comprising of Sicily and most of ...

  6. A map showing the whole of Italy with the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in red at the bottom. The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (Italian: Regno delle Due Sicilie) was a kingdom in southern Italy from 1816 until 1861.

  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › TaorminaTaormina - Wikipedia

    Taormina ( UK: / ˌtɑːɔːrˈmiːnə / TAH-or-MEE-nə, [2] US: /- nɑː / -⁠nah, also / taʊərˈ -/, [3] [4] Italian: [ta.orˈmiːna]; Sicilian: Taurmina) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina, on the east coast of the island of Sicily, Italy. Taormina has been a tourist destination since the 19th century.

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