Located off the tip of the Italian peninsula, Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea and measures 9,920 square miles (25,700 square kilometers). As a result of its close proximity to both Italy (separated by the Strait of Messina by...

Coordinates: 37°38′33″N,...

(SICILIA) (DRAMA - FRENCH-ITALIAN - B&W) A Pierre Grise Prods./Martine Marignac/Centre National de la Cinematographie/Alia Film/Enzo Porcelli/Istituto Luce co-production. (International sales, Celluloid Dreams, Paris.) Produced by Jean-Marie Straub, Daniele Huillet. Directed, written by Huillet, Straub, based on the novel "Conversation...

Most Sicilians know that the symbol for their island is the trinacria, composed of three running legs with the head of a woman -- the Medusa -- in the center. Yet few Sicilians know the mysterious and ancient history of this familiar symbol. ...

Wind-whipped fires that have been ravaging parts of Sicily consumed a hotel near the port city of Messina on Wednesday, killing at least two people, authorities said.Fire crews had been battling the blaze in Patti and other locations around Messina for hours when the fire...

Wind-whipped fires that have been ravaging parts of Sicily reached a hotel near the port city of Messina on Wednesday, killing three people and leaving another two missing, authorities said.Fire crews had been battling the blaze in Patti and other locations around Messina for hours...