Sicily

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Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, known for its rich ancient history, distinctive culture, and strategic location at the crossroads of Europe and North Africa.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
autonomous region
island
capital Palermo
continent Europe
country Italy
surface form: Italian Republic

Italy
ethnicGroup Italians
surface form: Sicilians
formerColonyOf Greek Antiquity
surface form: Ancient Greece

Carthage
formerProvinceOf Roman Empire
hasAirport Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
Palermo Airport
Trapani–Birgi Airport
hasCity Akragas
surface form: Agrigento

Caltanissetta
Catania
Enna
Gela
Marsala
Messina
Ragusa
Syracuse
Trapani
hasMountainRange Madonie
Nebrodi
Peloritani
hasRegionalGovernment Regional Government of Sicily
hasRegionalParliament Sicilian Regional Assembly
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Sicilian Baroque
surface form: Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto

Mount Etna
Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica
Valley of the Temples
Valley of the Temples
surface form: Villa Romana del Casale
hasVolcano Mount Etna
Stromboli
Vulcano
highestPoint Mount Etna
historicalRegionOf Kingdom of Sicily
Kingdom of Naples
surface form: Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
knownFor ancient Greek ruins
distinctive cuisine
strategic Mediterranean location
volcanic landscapes
wine production
largestCity Palermo
locatedIn Italian Peninsula
Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Basin
surface form: Southern Europe
officialLanguage Italian language
surface form: Italian
partOf Italy
regionalLanguage Sicilian
religion Roman Catholicism
seaBorder Ionian Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Tyrrhenian Sea
separatedBy Strait of Messina
separatedFrom Italian mainland

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Vandal Kingdom hasPart Sicily
Vandals controlled Sicily
this entity surface form: Sicily (temporarily)
Bruttium oppositeTo Sicily
Genseric controlled Sicily
this entity surface form: Sicily (partly and intermittently)
Aeschylus deathPlace Sicily
The Godfather setIn Sicily
The Italian setting Sicily
Saint Vitus birthPlace Sicily
Saint Vitus cultCenter Sicily
Pyrrhic War hasLocation Sicily
Catana locatedIn Sicily
Catana region Sicily
Catana locatedIn Sicily
this entity surface form: eastern Sicily
Empedocles birthPlace Sicily
Empedocles placeOfDeath Sicily
Marsala locatedIn Sicily
Marsala locatedIn Sicily
this entity surface form: western Sicily
Marsala region Sicily
Sicilian Regional Assembly legislativeBodyFor Sicily
this entity surface form: Region of Sicily
Sicilian Regional Assembly governs Sicily
this entity surface form: Autonomous Region of Sicily
Vulcano adminRegion Sicily
Palermo Airport locatedIn Sicily
Gela locatedIn Sicily
Gela region Sicily
Akragas locatedIn Sicily
Akragas region Sicily
Nebrodi locatedIn Sicily
Stromboli locatedIn Sicily
Madonie locatedIn Sicily
Madonie region Sicily
Madonie locatedIn Sicily
subject surface form: Madonie Regional Natural Park