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The Norman conquest of southern Italy lasted from 999 to 1194, involving many battles and independent conquerors. In 1130, the territories in southern Italy united as the Kingdom of Sicily, which included the island of Sicily, the southern third of the Italian Peninsula (except Benevento, which was briefly held twice), the archipelago of Malta ...
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3 days ago · Italy - Papacy, Normans, Renaissance: Having arrived in southern Italy in small groups just prior to 1020, perhaps in part as petitioners at the court of Pope Benedict VIII and in part as pilgrims returning from the Holy Land, Normans joined Lombard rebels in their effort to throw off Byzantine rule in Bari. Although this proved a failure, Norman mercenaries continued to enlist in the armies ...
1 day ago · What to see in the Pelagie islands, an archipelago located in the Mediterranean, between the Tunisian and Sicilian coasts, made up of the Lampedusa, Linosa and Lampione islands. From a geological point of view, the island of Lampedusa and the islet of Lampione are part of the African continental plate and have a limestone-dolomitic nature ...
3 days ago · Things to Do in Sicily, Italy: See Tripadvisor's 4,212,479 traveler reviews and photos of Sicily tourist attractions. Find what to do today, this weekend, or in September. We have reviews of the best places to see in Sicily. Visit top-rated & must-see attractions.
3 days ago · Frederick II (German: Friedrich; Italian: Federico; Latin: Fridericus; 26 December 1194 – 13 December 1250) was King of Sicily from 1198, King of Germany from 1212, King of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor from 1220 and King of Jerusalem from 1225.
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3 days ago · Magna Graecia [a] is a term that was used for the Greek-speaking areas of Southern Italy, in the present-day Italian regions of Calabria, Apulia, Basilicata, Campania and Sicily; these regions were extensively populated by Greek settlers starting from the 8th century BC.
