Sicily (ita)

Sicily

Sicily ranks 663rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Nassau, Bahamas, Saudi Arabia, and Tripoli, Libya. Memorable people born in Sicily include Empedocles, Luigi Pirandello, and Roger II of Sicily. Memorable people who died in Sicily include Pausanias, Pope Eusebius, and Phrynichus. Sicily has been the birth place of many politicians, and writers and the death place of many military personnels, and geographers. Sicily is located in Italy.

Sicily, officially Sicilian Region, is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy. With 4.8 million inhabitants, including 1.3 million in and around the capital city of Palermo, it is the most populous island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is named after the Sicels, who inhabited the eastern part of the island during the Iron Age. Sicily has a rich and unique culture in arts, music, literature, cuisine, and architecture. Its most prominent landmark is Mount Etna, the tallest active volcano in Europe, and one of the most active in the world, currently 3,357 m (11,014 ft) high. The island has a typical Mediterranean climate. It is separated from Calabria by the Strait of Messina. It is one of the five Italian autonomous regions and is generally considered part of Southern Italy. Read more on Wikipedia