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In 276 BC the Hellenistic king Pyrrhus famously remarked upon departing Sicily, 'Oh what a wrestling ground we are leaving for the Carthaginians and Romans to fight over.' He was proved right when, 12 years later, the First Punic War erupted
Artwork by © Johnny Shumate.
The 22nd ★4 Evolution Assist Event has ended! The winners this time are Luminaria and Sicily! Congratulations, their evolutions will be released soon!
Until next time! https://t.co/FgY4oswYok
Sicilian dwarf elephant (Palaeoloxodon falconeri), a proboscidean from Pleistocene Sicily that reached 1.3 meters in height. #paleoart #elephants
Norman conquest of southern Italy
The Norman conquest lasted from 999 to 1139, involving many battles and independent conquerors. In 1130 these territories in southern Italy united as the Kingdom of Sicily...
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i've been getting into rhythm heaven lately. don't know if the guy from the sicily flag counts as a character. https://t.co/qG8PYOxPFC
I'm Italian American. My ancestors lived in Naples, Sicily and near Rome. Chose this pic because you can see my face well. I'm pale compared to my family, but those facial features don't lie. I've been mistaken for Jewish, Romanian, Irish and Native American, among others. https://t.co/cHXpF36Cxz
really wondering what's up with the dude on the sicily flag. got a face and three legs.
For today’s @FolkloreThurs: how the classical myth of the nymph Arethusa and the #river-God Alpheus inspired the Elvish love story of Nimrodel and Amroth in The #LordoftheRings: https://t.co/q7xUwVXGzN
(Statue in Ortygia, Sicily; art by LiigaKlavina)
#FolkloreThursday #Tolkien
Born #OnThisDay in 1752: #MariaCarolinaofAustria (1752-1814), daughter of Empress #MariaTheresa, Queen of Naples and Sicily as spouse of #FerdinandIV
Portrait by #FilippoMarsigli (1790-1863), 1814
#Habsburg #Bourbon
i think its high time for the isle of man to issue a formal apology to the people of sicily for stealing their flag
In 276 BC the Hellenistic king Pyrrhus famously remarked upon departing Sicily, 'Oh what a wrestling ground we are leaving for the Carthaginians and Romans to fight over.' He was proved right when, 12 years later, the First Punic War erupted.
Artwork by © Johnny Shumate.
@RainbowScreen1 @Charlot22846476 Definitely Forest, but i live in Sicily where beach is literally few mins from home Xd
LSD4: Unofficial archive of Legacy of the Wizard / Dragon Slayer 4" has been updated. Added the monster page "Rockgaea" (55/56, 98%). It is a rock monster that lives in Vesuvius on the island of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea in southern Italy. https://t.co/DDPrB8mzU6
TALES OF CILISIA is up for a limited time! 🌿⚔️
Get 4 of my comics for the price of 1! Fantasy setting based on Sicily featuring lesbians, lesbian allegories and a good chunk of exploration on the lore so far! (55 pages, 3£)
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"I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral."
(Robert Louis Stevenson)
Chiesa del Purgatorio, Cefalu, Sicily
Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris
by @twschaller
Morocco's Muhammad al-Idrisi (1100 – 1165), a Geographer, Cartographer and Egyptologist created the Tabula Rogeriana, one of the most advanced medieval world maps.
It was used by Christopher Columbus and Vasco Da Gama for their voyages. He lived in Palermo, Sicily (Italy).
The Triumph of Death fresco by an unknown artist, in the Regional Gallery of Palazzo Abatellis in Palermo, Sicily, ca. 1446.⠀
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Featured in our latest essay "Petrarch's Plague: Love, Death, and Friendship in a Time of Pandemic" by Paula Findlen — https://t.co/w5TN5lHUcl
⚡ In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns ⚡
Poderoso Chefão, pra #collabcenas organizada por @Samy02 e @nai_chan