Bagheria has everything a tourist could want, from beaches to history and good food. But it also has an enduring Mafia ...

Underwater cave discovery indicates the island was likely a stepping stone for early humans to settle the Mediterranean.

In 1988, two scuba divers off the coast of Bulala, Sicily discovered the wreck of an ancient Greek ship from the 5th century B.C.E., later named “Gela II.” The ship was initially explored in 1995, and ...

Operation Mincemeat (was) perhaps the most successful single deception operation of the entire war.' However, the Allies had a problem. Hitler and his generals would see this attack coming a mile off ...

On 3 September 1943, 13th Corps of Montgomery's 8th Army crossed the Straits of Messina from Sicily to mainland Italy. The crossing, preceded by a massive artillery bombardment of the Italian ...

Liberation of Sicily 1860 Medal. Unnamed as issued. Obverse: The bust of Victor Emmanuel II facing left with the inscription '*VITTORIO EMANUELE*' around the circumference. Reverse: The inscription ...

Watch: Two tonnes of cocaine found floating in the sea off Sicily Italian police have seized around two tonnes (2,000kg) of cocaine that was found floating off the coast of Sicily, in one of the ...

Peter II (Latin: Petrus II,Italian: Pietro II,Sicilian: Pietru; 1304 – 8 August 1342) was the King of Sicily from 1337 until his death, although he was associated with his father as co-ruler from 1321 ...

Montagu and Cholmondeley prepare the fake Major Martin’s body in WW2’s greatest deception ... that the real target of the invasion is not Sicily but Greece. One April morning in 1943, a ...