Verstehen · Kapitel 8
History & Culture
Sicily's history reads like an adventure novel of the Mediterranean — Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Normans, Hohenstaufen, and Spaniards have shaped the island and created a culture that is unique in the world. Those who understand the history see in every temple and market scene a layer of millennia-old identity.
3 Abschnitte in diesem Kapitel
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Magna Graecia — The Greeks in Sicily
From the 8th century BC, Greek colonists founded some of the most powerful and wealthy cities of the ancient world in S…
2
Arabs, Normans & Hohenstaufen — The Golden Era
Arab Rule (827–1091) The Arab conquest of Sicily was not an act of destruction but the beginning of a cultural golden a…
3
Sicilian Identity Today
The Sicilians are Italians — but they are Sicilians first . The island has its own autonomous region (since 1946, with…
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