Italy has no shortage of beautiful coastal towns and breathtaking beaches, but this one spot in Sicily is truly remarkable.

In Sicily, Palermo, Syracuse and Catania, the three main cities on the Italian island, are attractive destinations for their ...

Born in Syracuse, Sicily (then part of Greece), in about 287 B.C., Archimedes traveled to Egypt at the age of 18 to study at the great library of Alexandria. Upon completing his studies ...

A virgin and martyr of Syracuse in Sicily, whose feast is celebrated on December 13th. According to the tradition, Saint Lucy was born of rich and noble parents in the year 283. Her father was of ...

Archimedes was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer born in 287 BCE in the city of Syracuse, on the island of Sicily. Widely regarded as one of the greatest minds of ...

In the early 5th century B.C., the tyrants Theron of Akragas and Hieron I of Syracuse, heads of the two great ruling families of Sicily, brought to their courts the foremost Greek poets of the day.

Since Sicily is surrounded by water ... while slower regional trains can get you to other cities like Ragusa, Agrigento and Syracuse. It takes about three hours between the main stations in ...

Sicily: Art and Invention between Greece and Rome presents ... Courtesy of the Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi, Syracuse. Both images above reproduced by permission of the Regione Siciliana, ...