Sicily

Sicily is considered to be the first multicultural society in the world. It is the most international region in Europe. Sicily is a place where things meet. Sicilian cuisine is unique to Italy, combining lavish Arabic and Northern cuisine with simple farmer's ingredients. Most meals are mainly based on capture of the day and selection of the garden. Greek Tyrants, Arabs, Norman Knights, Byzantine Bishops, Holy Roman Emperors, Phoenicians, etc today's treat is a wonderful mosaic reflecting every foreign invasion.

Roger I invaded Sicily and Southern Italy in the eleventh century and was King Norman who suppressed Byzantine and Sicilian Moors in Southern Italy. In 1130, his son Roger II unified the Norman region and crowned the king of Sicily. His palace is located in Palermo, based on the early Arab fortress, but he wants to add an impressive palace church. This chapel is the work of Byzantine artists and Norman artists, and Egypt and Islamic artists in the Middle East. The church itself shows the influence of these traditions. East and West Christianity and Islamic court art. It has three vault rooms and a large mosaic that covers the walls, typical Byzantine architecture, and recycled classical pillars seen in the West Christian church. The chapel is dedicated to the two most important saints of Western Christianity, Saint Peter and Paul.

Magna Grecia and Southeastern Sicily were colonized by the Greeks in the 8th century. On the island of Sicily in the 4th century, the major cities and monarchs of Greece were Syracuse. In Hellenistic era, the main character of Sicily was the agathokres of Syracuse (361-289 BC), occupied the town with a mercenary group in 317 B.C. Agatocles expanded his power in most Greek Sicilian cities, engaged in a long war with Carthage, invaded Tunisia in 310, where he broke the Carthaginian army. It is the first time that the European troops have invaded this area. After this war he dominated most of the southeastern part of Sicily and claimed that he was the king when he imitated the Hellenistic monarchy in the east. Then Agathocles invaded Italy (300 BC) to protect Tarentum from Bruttians and Romans but failed