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SICILIË

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icily. Island of myths and monsters, meeting place of cultures, hub of naval trade routes, source of artistic inspiration and of great material wealth, and much-coveted strategic location in the Mediterranean. Phoenician and Greek colonists were the first outsiders to settle on Sicily and enjoy the riches that the sea and the fertile soil brought them.

THE PANAREA III WRECK

Aeolian Islands

THE CAPISTELLO WRECK

Messina

Reggio

1 THE LEVANZO WRECK 2 THE WRECK OF CALA GALERA 3 THE MARAUSA WRECK

Taormina Naxos

THE MONDELLO WRECK

THE WRECK OF SAN VITO LO CAPO

Cefalù

Palermo Himera Aegadian Islands 2

1 3

Mt. Etna

Trapani

4 THE WRECKS OF LIDO SIGNORINO

Catania

Enna Morgantina Piazza Armerina

Mozia Marsala 4 Mazara del Selinunte Vallo

Thapsus

Agrigento THE SCIACCA WRECK

Syracuse

Gela

THE WRECKS OF CAMARINA

THE SCAURI WRECK

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THE GELA WRECK

Pantelleria

en de zee

They were followed by a bewildering variety of invaders over the ages: from Romans and Byzantines through Arabs and various European dynasties up to the Allies during the Second World War. All these cultures — sometimes living in peace, sometimes at war, always influencing each other — left their traces on the island itself and in the sea surrounding it. Inspired by Sicily’s archaeological and cultural treasures, this book offers an overview — or perhaps rather an anthology, since a complete survey, if at all possible, would soon become stifling — of the island’s history and culture, paying attention not only to ancient and medieval shipwrecks, battles, economy and art, but also to typically Sicilian traditions (from folk-tales and tuna fishing to mafia fighters), modern politics, and the poets, novelists and film makers who lived on Sicily or were inspired by its unique character.

SICILIË en de zee

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ALLARD PIERSON MUSEUM

27-08-15 09:19


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