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西西里岛英文介绍Sicily
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Sicily 西西里
It"s more than an island! Discover Sicily and discover the world. The world"s first multicultural society, Sicily is Italy"s (and Europe"s) most historically cosmopolitan region, having been ruled by Asians, Africans and Europeans. Sicily is black and white and a million shades of gray. There"s no other place on Earth like Sicily. Our island is a unique place full of art, archeology, history, folklore and breathtaking scenery. And, of course, great food. Sicily is almost a nation unto itself. The enchanting land where Archimedes taught and Saint Paul preached was a Greek colony, a Roman province, an Arab emirate and a Norman kingdom. The Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Swabians, Angevins and Aragonese made Sicily their own, leaving behind an eclectic history that you can still touch today. And Sicily will touch you. Sicily is Europe, Africa and Asia on one island. Greek tyrants, Arab emirs, Norman knights, Byzantine bishops and Holy Roman Emperors made Sicily the place it is. Experience their legacy in Phoenician settlements, Punic cities, Greek temples, Roman amphitheatres, Norman Arab castles and Aragonese churches. Thirty centuries of history expressed in the Classical, the Romanesque, the Gothic, the Baroque...
Sikania to its most ancient peoples, Sicily was Sikelia, Plato"s utopian society, to the ancient Greeks. Later, the sonnet was created at the Court of Frederick II, and Sicily found her place in the literature of Dante and Boccaccio. Sunny Sicily is Punic Palermo, towering Taormina, ancient Agrigento, splendid Siracusa, and medieval Monreale and Cefalù. And God created Sicily. The place where the mountains meet the sea. Sicilia, the island in the sun, is home to Heavenly beaches, majestic mountains and Europe"s greatest natural wonder, Mount Etna. Sicily"s coasts are gold with orange and lemon
orchards. In northeastern Sicily you"ll find lush forests. In the central regions you"ll encounter rugged land and rolling hills. Dignified vineyards, ancient olive groves, hardy almond orchards and endless wheat fields complete the picture. Summer is amber land under a sky of blue. Winter finds palm trees dusted with snow in a surreal symphony. Spring is a rainbow of wild flowers set against greenest fields...
[size=+1][size=+1]西西里岛是地中海和人口最稠密的岛，它属于意大利，位于亚平宁半岛的西南。东与亚平宁半岛仅隔宽3公里的墨西拿海峡。公元前八世纪至前六世纪希腊人在岛东岸建立殖民地。公元前241年成为罗马帝国的一个省。以后历经汪达尔、拜占庭、诺尔曼人等统治，1442年并入西西里王国，不久又分裂，改受西班牙统治，1861年并入意大利王国。1946年5月起西西里岛获得自治权。
西西里岛的面积为2.5万平方公里，人口为500万。
西西里岛以及其周围属意大利的岛屿一起组成西西里地区。其首府是巴勒莫（75万人口）。其它重要城市有卡塔尼亚（40万人口）、墨西拿（27万人口）、锡拉库萨（11万人口）、特拉帕尼（10万人口）、卡尔塔尼塞塔（8万人口）、阿格里真托（6万人口）和拉古萨（6万人口）等。主要港口为巴勒莫、卡塔尼亚与墨西拿。西西里岛与亚平宁半岛之间的海峡叫墨西拿海峡。
境内多山地和丘陵，沿海有平原。多地震。地中海式气候，北部、西部较湿润，南部较干燥。西西里岛的山是埃特纳火山（3,323米），它也是欧洲、最活跃的火山。墨西拿北部的斯特朗博利岛上的斯特朗博利火山也是一座活火山。 农业以小麦、蔬菜、葡萄、棉花为主，并多柑橘、柠檬等亚热带果品。西海岸渔业发达，产沙丁鱼和金枪鱼。二十世纪五十年代，在此发现石油和天然气，从而促进了地区工业的发展，还有硫黄等矿藏和盐场。
大多数西西里人说意大利语的西西里方言。有时这个方言也被认作是一个独立的语言。少数人说阿尔巴尼亚语或希腊语。 大多数人信天主教。
西西里岛属地中海气候，春秋温暖，夏季炎热，冬季潮湿。
首府：巴勒莫。整个地区分九个省。
西西里岛周围的岛屿有乌斯蒂卡岛、利帕里群岛、潘泰莱里亚岛、埃加迪群岛、佩拉杰群岛。
农业：小麦、玉米、橄榄、葡萄酒和水果；工业：汽车工业；旅游业。
人口过度密集、浪费、贪污、环境污染、缺水和国际性的非法组织（黑手党）。
