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17 hours ago · Magna Graecia[ a ] is a term that was used for the Greek-speaking areas of Southern Italy, in the present-day Italian regions of Calabria, Apulia, Basilicata, Campania and Sicily; these regions were extensively populated by Greek settlers starting from the 8th century BC. [ 2 ]
17 hours ago · Alcamo is one of the most important centres in Sicily for wine production, especially Bianco Alcamo D.O.C., [111] made from vineyards with espalier or "tendone" structures and using white common or bright catarratto vines, eventually associated with damaschino, grecanico and trebbiano.
17 hours ago · Maltese (Maltese: Malti, also L-Ilsien Malti or Lingwa Maltija) is a Semitic language derived from late medieval Sicilian Arabic with Romance superstrata. It is spoken by the Maltese people and is the national language of Malta, [ 3 ] and the only official Semitic and Afroasiatic language of the European Union.
17 hours ago · The list of the Crusades to the Holy Land from 1095 through 1291 is as follows. First Crusade. The First Crusade (1095–1099) refers to the activities from the Council of Clermont of 1095 through the establishment of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the battle of Ascalon in 1099.
17 hours ago · Traditional specialties from Sicily include arancini (a form of deep-fried rice croquettes), pasta alla Norma, caponata, pani câ meusa, and a host of desserts and sweets such as cannoli, granita, and cassata. [165] Typical of Sicily is Marsala, a red, fortified wine similar to Port and largely exported. [166] [167]
17 hours ago · List of administrative divisions by country. World map showing boundaries of many high and low-level administrative divisions. The table below indicates the types and, where known, numbers of administrative divisions used by countries and their major dependent territories.
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17 hours ago · In Italy both male and female same-sex sexual activity has been legal since 1890, when a new penal code was promulgated. A civil union law was passed in May 2016, providing same-sex couples with all of the rights of marriage except for joint adoption rights. The law also recognizes same-sex couples as a family.
