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Discover Sicily – Pag 2 Operation Husky Operation Husky The landing in Sicily of the Allied troops in 1943, code-named

Polifemo and faraglioni Homer’s Odyssey tells the story of the Cyclops Polifemo, the one-eyed giant who lived in a cave

Discover Sicily – Pag 2 Luigi Pirandello Writers, painters, and composers who shaped history Luigi Pirandello: Nobel Prize winner and

This is the legend of two terrible sea monsters. This is the legend of two terrible sea monsters, Scilla and

Sicilian Landscape This breathtaking landscape continues to entice us with its emotive and sentimental history, myths, legends and tales.In fact, since

Discover Sicily – Pag 2 Leonardo Sciascia One of Sicily’s most important contemporary Sicilian writers. Leonardo Sciascia: a voice against

During the winter, snow usually falls on top of the Etna For centuries up until the end of the second

Discover Sicily – Pag 2 Lampedusa About Lampedusa Lampedusa, rabbits and turtlesLampedusa is an island off the Sicilian coast of Agrigento, and is closer to Africa

Superstitious Sicilians Sicilians are, by nature, a superstitious race. To bring good luck there are often horn-shaped charms and other

A Sicilian street food, one of the gastronomic symbols of Sicily The “arancino” (or arancina, as pronounced by people from Palermo) is

A three-kilometer-wide waterway, separates Sicily from Calabria. There is something which makes Sicily unique its isolation from the mainland. Three