Palermo was founded by Phoenicians who sailed there from their native Carthage. Agritourism in Enna The Greeks colonized the whole island, leaving some of the most beautiful and best-preserved temples they ever built at Agrigento, Selinunte and Segesta. Flats in Lampedusa. Around those glorious sites they planted Sicily's first olive trees and grape vines. Farmhouses in Egadi Islands 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. Flats in Lampedusa. In Palermo, these groups were known as mafia. Palermo Accomodation  

A source of revenue for the Sicilian economy has been money sent home from migrants. Flats in Lampedusa Like many Europeans, in the nineteenth century and early twentieth century, a number of Sicilians migrated to countries such as the USA in search of work. Flats in Lampedusa. Although far from home strong links bound Sicilian migrants to their families and communities in Sicily. Nightlife Entertainment in Panarea In fact, today, some Sicilian Americans are thinking of returning to their roots and small complexes of retirement houses are being constructed for American Sicilians. Segesta Agriturismo It is hardly surprising that Sicily should exert its "pull" on its own people as it has done to many others in the past. Piazza Armerina villas

Tourism is an important earner of foreign currency. Flats in Lampedusa. There are many castles and churches in Sicily to attract the tourist and important towns such as Taormina and Cefalu thrive on the tourist industry. Cefalu Map Tours are available to visit Sicily's active volcanoes: Mount Etna, Europe's tallest volcano, and Stromboli, one of the Aeolian Islands. Hotels Panarea Other places of interest are Madonie National Park, the Baroque towns of south-eastern Sicily, the Cathedral of Monreale, the Dorian Temple and Theatre at Segesta, the ancient Greek Theatre of Taormina, the ancient town of Syracuse and the archaeological area of Agrigento. Palermo Accomodation

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