環球之旅:地中海的璀璨明珠——意大利西西里島

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.

這裏不僅僅是一個島了！發現西西里，探索這個世界。西西里是世界上第一個多元文化的社會。也是歷史上最國際化的地區，這裏被亞洲人，非洲人和歐洲人統治。所以西西里島呈現黑白灰三色色調。地球上幾乎難以找到一個和西西里相似的地方。這個島擁有一個獨特的地方藝術，包含了考古，歷史，民俗和驚人的美景。當然，還有美味的食品。

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...

西西里島島上的人民自然的成爲同一個民族。阿基米德在這片迷人的土地上撒播知識，聖保羅是希臘殖民地，屬於羅馬的一個下屬省。西西里島居住着腓尼基人，迦太基人，斯瓦比亞，這裏的人民和阿拉貢一起創造了西西里的歷史。在今天，你仍然可以觸碰這段折中的歷史，西西里島也能來觸摸你。西西里島處在一個歐洲，非洲和亞洲交界處。希臘暴君，阿拉伯埃米爾，諾曼騎士，拜占庭主教和神聖羅馬帝國皇帝都能來西西里島。在現在我們能體驗他們居住在腓尼基，迦太基城，希臘神殿，羅馬露天劇場，阿拉伯諾曼城堡和教堂的感受和阿拉貢遺產。三百年的歷史留下了羅馬式，哥特式，巴洛克等各式的建築……

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 the central regions you'll en the literature of Dante and Boccaccio. Sunny Sicily is Punic Palermo, towering Taormina, ancient Agrigento, splendid Siracusa, and medieval Monreale and Cefalù.

Sikania其最古老的民族，對古希臘人來說，西西里就是Sikelia，柏拉圖的烏托邦社會。境內多山地和丘陵，沿海有平原。多地震。地中海式氣候，北部、西部較溼潤，南部較乾燥。西西里島最高的山是埃特納火山（3,323米），它也是歐洲最大、最活躍的火山。墨西拿北部的斯特朗博利島上的斯特朗博利火山也是一座活火山。 農業以小麥、蔬菜、葡萄、棉花爲主，並多柑橘、檸檬等亞熱帶果品。西海岸漁業發達，產沙丁魚和金槍魚。二十世紀五十年代，在此發現石油和天然氣，從而促進了地區工業的發展，還有硫黃等礦藏和鹽場。

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.

在西西里島東北部，你會發現茂密的森林。上帝創造了西西里。羣山的地方滿足大海。西西里島在陽光下，是家庭到天堂的海灘，這裏擁有雄偉壯觀的山脈和歐洲最大的自然奇觀，埃特納火山。西西里島的海岸與橙色和檸檬黃金果園。在西西里島東北部，你會發現茂密的森林。在中部地區，你會遇到崎嶇的土地和連綿起伏的丘陵。凝重的葡萄園，古老的橄欖樹，耐寒杏仁果園和無盡的麥田。夏季這裏都是琥珀色藍天下的土地。冬季的時候，棕櫚樹與紛飛的雪奏響一曲超現實的交響樂。這裏的春天，各種野生的花卉生長在最綠的草地上，形成一個美麗的彩虹。