Sicily Collection

Sicily / Taormina 1911
Taormina, Sicily: ruins of the theatre Date: 1911

Cross Section of the Volcano, Mount Etna
Cross-section of the Mount Etna volcano in Sicily, Italy, in 1910. This image shows the eruption of lava, which was taking place that year, heading towards the town of Nicolosi

Autocar Poster -- Targa Florio race, Sicily
Autocar Poster -- Italian champion Felice Nazzaro driving the Fiat car in which he won the Targa Florio race in Sicily. His average speed for the race was around 33 mph on gruelling mountain roads

Salvatore Giuliano
The Italian bandit, Salvatore Giuliano, posing outside his mountain hideout in Sicily. Date: 1950s

Palermo, Sicily, Italy - Quattro Cantoni & Via Macqueda
Palermo, Sicily, Italy - Quattro Cantoni ( Four corners ) with Via Macqueda Date: circa 1904

Douglas AD-1 Skyraider, Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune, Grumman WF-2
From left: Douglas AD-1 Skyraider, 134982; Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune, 128340, and a Grumman WF-2 from the Naval Air Facility, Sigonella, Sicily, in formation near Mt Etna

People on donkey cart, Sicily, Italy
People on a decorated donkey cart, Sicily, Italy. Date: late 19th century

Cicero V Verres
Cicero leads the opposition against Verres, governor of Sicily, who will throw up his defence and take flight

Soldier about to go ashore during the invasion of Italy, Jul
Lantern slide showing a soldier about to go ashore during the invasion of Italy, July 1943; a pamphlet, the ?Soldiers? Guide to Sicily?, can be seen in the soldier?s pack

Lemon trees in Sicily, Italy
Woman beside lemon trees in spring, Sicily

Map of Sicily by G. H. Davis
A contour map of Sicily, giving the shortest air distances from Cape Bon and Malta. At this stage in the Second World War it was a British front-line objective in Axis eyes

Castle, La Zisa, Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Date: late 19th century

Punic Wars, attack on Carthage, Sicily
PUNIC WARS : war with Carthage begins when the Roman senator Appius Claudius Caudex backs an unjustified attack on the Carthaginian colony in Sicily

Monte Pellegrino, Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Date: late 19th century

Messina, Sicily, Italy - Viale Garibaldi and Chiesa di Santa Caterina (left). Date: 1941

Maria Teresa Isabella, later Queen of Sicily, as a little girl

Me 110 over Greece
Italy; a German twin-engined Messerschmitt 110 fighter over the mountains of Sicily : german aircraft came to help the Italians eject the Allies from the Mediterranean

Guiscard Defeats Arabs
The Saracens and Greeks are defeated by a Norman prince, Robert Guiscard, who rides triumphally into Palermo and takes the title of Count of Sicily

Ferdinand I of Two Sicilies (1751-1825)
Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (1751-1825). King of Sicily, Naples and Two Sicilies. Portrait by Anton Raphael Mengs. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

Trapani and Aigadian Islands, Sicily, Italy
Trapani and the Aigadian Islands from Castle Monte San Giuliano, Sicily

Sicily - Messina Cathedral
Black and white Victorian lantern slide of 12th Century Norman Cathedral of Messina. King Conrad is buried inside, alongside several archbishops

Fruit Label -- oranges and lemons from Matteo Mancuso, Messina, Sicily, top quality. Depicting a woman in traditional costume. Date: 20th century

Fruit Label --s Musmeci Costa, Messina, Sicily, exporters of citrus fruit and vegetables. Depicting two lions and an array of medals. Date: 20th century

Sicily - Palermo Monte Pellegrino Saint Rosalies Chapel
Black and white Victorian lantern slide of the Chapel of Saint Rosalie. Saint Rosalie lived a hermit life in the caves of Mount Pallegrino

Mount Eryx

Italian Miner - Mineo, Sicily. It is likely he was employed to mine the local calcareous ashlars, used to build many of Mineos public buildings

Infra red photographs by Professor Wood
A selection of landscapes photographed using infra-red rays, the result of pioneering work by Professor Robert Williams Wood whose pictures were exhibited at the Royal Society of Photography in 1911

Osborne Serpent
Head, shoulders and flippers of the ridged marine creature sighted from the royal yacht Osborne off the coast of Sicily (picture 2 of 2)

Empedocles of Akragas, Greek philosopher
Empedocles of Akragas (fl. 444-443 BC), Ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher, doctor, statesman and priest, best known for originating the cosmogonic theory of the four classical elements

Map of Third Crusade and Childrens Crusade
Map of the Third Crusade and the Childrens Crusade, showing various routes and territories. Date: 1190

Giant of Trapani
The skeleton of this huge gentleman was found at Trapani, Sicily, by Boccatio. He measured 400 feet (121m) though this would not be anatomically possible

Panorama of Monreale, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Vintage 19th century photograph: panorama of Monreale, which is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Palermo, in Sicily, southern Italy. It is located on the slope of Monte Caputo

Young Man dries himself off with a towel at Taormina, Sicily, Italy. Date: 1939

Greetings Postcard - Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Date: circa 1908

Tenement District, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Tenement District Palermo Sicily Italy early 1900s

Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Palermo Sicily Italy early 1900s

Monreale, Sicily, Italy

Monreale, Sicily, Italy, Victorian period

Etna, Sicily after volcano eruption, Italy

Etna destroyed by volcano eruption, probably early 1900s

Taormina, Sicily, Italy, early 1900s

Messina, Sicily, Italy in 1910

Palermo Cathedral, Sicily, Italy, early 1900s

St. Maria Della Catena, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, early 1900s

Boys selling bread, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, early 1900s

Palazzo del Tribunale, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, early 1900s

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