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Palermo was founded by Phoenicians who sailed there from their native Carthage. Diving Centres Dive Sites and Schools Licata The Greeks colonized the whole island, leaving some of the most beautiful and best-preserved temples they ever built at Agrigento, Selinunte and Segesta. Cheap Solunto Hotels. Around those glorious sites they planted Sicily's first olive trees and grape vines. Piazza Armerina Bed and Breakfast Traces of the Roman period in Sicily can be found in the amphitheatres at Taormina and Siracusa, as well as in that city's Christian catacombs. But perhaps Rome's most lasting (and infamous) contribution to the island came in fostering the great land ownerships which eventually impoverished the peasantry and led, many centuries later, to the founding of secret societies aimed at destroying the fabulously wealthy landlords. Cheap Solunto Hotels. In Palermo, these groups were known as mafia. Discount hotels Palermo

Sicily is a mountainous island — an extension of the Apennine Mountains separated from the mainland by the Straits of Messina. Cheap Solunto Hotels There are many reasons to visit Sicily: water sports, beaches of rock and sand (including black sand), natural beauty, good food and friendly people. Acireale Agriturismo

Cheap Solunto Hotels Heavily bombed during World War Two, shaken again in 1968 by another earthquake, ravaged in recent decades by organized crime, Sicily remains what it has always been. Hostels in Piazza Armerina A spectacular land of rugged mountains, golden wheat fields and rocky coasts inhabited by a fiercely independent people who bring passion to everything they do, be it a religious celebration or a holiday dinner. Hotel Reservations Sicily

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