Sicily Jacqueline Alio Louis Mendola by Jacqueline Alio; Louis Mendola instant download after payment.

If you want more information about Sicily’s long history than what’s included in your otherwise-useful guidebook, but you don’t want to read a 600-page history tome that ignores the places you would like to see, this book is for you. It will take you from seeing to understanding.
Written by two of Sicily’s leading historians, this unique guide emphasizes not only the archeology and sights of Sicily but the history behind these fascinating places, including many “secret” details unknown to most travel writers. The book presents a general history of Sicily and a detailed timeline covering three millennia, along with chapters dedicated to things to see in the island’s cities and towns.
There are chapters on sights, natural attractions (like Mount Etna), food and wine, and other topics. A number of maps and charts are included. The text mentions museums and the main points of interest of each place described. The book’s focus is always those places that elicit the greatest curiosity among the majority of visitors. Localities of lesser interest are omitted while the authors concentrate on Erice, Siracusa, Cefalù and other cities known for their history and monuments, and of course archeological sites like Segesta, Agrigento, Selinunte and Himera. They mention a few of the more impressive castles, such as Caccamo, and Baroque jewels like Noto and Ragusa. Palermo and Monreale get their share of attention.
Since its focus is history and culture, this guide doesn’t present information about hotels, beaches, restaurants and transportation. Its purpose is to complement the guides that offer those details by “completing the picture” of the world’s most conquered island for readers seeking more history than what is found in the typical guidebook.
Most of this information is drawn from the authors’ earlier books and a website (Best of Sicily) for which they have written many articles over the years. In fact, the vast readership of that website, online since 1999, has made Alio and Mendola Sicily’s most popular historians, with millions of readers during the last two decades. In scholarly circles, they are called upon to peer review papers for publication in academic journals and several of their books have been used in university courses.