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Vor 3 Tagen · Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies ( Italian: Regno delle Due Sicilie) [1] was a kingdom in Southern Italy from 1816 to 1861 under the control of a cadet branch of the Spanish Bourbons. [2] The kingdom was the largest sovereign state by population and land area in Italy before the Italian unification, comprising Sicily ...
Vor 3 Tagen · After the Napoleonic Wars, King Ferdinand I, who had just recently been restored back to the throneship of Southern Italy in 1815, made a decision to administratively and politically merged the two separate Kingdoms of Naples & Sicily, which ended up forming the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in 1816.
Vor 2 Tagen · Philip II [note 1] (21 May 1527 – 13 September 1598), also known as Philip the Prudent ( Spanish: Felipe el Prudente ), was King of Spain [note 2] from 1556, King of Portugal from 1580, and King of Naples and Sicily from 1554 until his death in 1598.
Vor 4 Tagen · May 27, 2024. Nestled on the serene island of Mozia off Sicily‘s western coast, the Giuseppe Whitaker Museum offers a rare glimpse into the fascinating world of the Phoenicians. This hidden gem houses an unparalleled collection of artifacts that illuminate the daily lives, beliefs, and artistry of this enigmatic ancient civilization.
Vor 3 Tagen · Notwithstanding the well-established cult of Mary Magdalene at Vézelay, the success of which was attributed to the celebration of her relics at the monastery, the whereabouts of the saint’s relics were called into question when, on 9 December 1279, the Angevin prince Charles of Salerno (1254–1309), nephew of Louis IX, grandson of Blanche of Castile, and the future Charles II of Naples (r ...
The Siege of Palermo begins on this date in 1860 by Giuseppe Garibadli, during the Expedition of the Thousand, as part of the Italian Unification Wars, against the Kingdom of the 2 Sicilies. Apart from his 750 Redshirts, he had good support from the city's residents too.
Vor einem Tag · Visiting the Crater on Mount Vesuvius. The discovery of the ruins at Herculaneum was a complete accident: while a well was being dug in 1707 by order of Emmanuel Maurice, Prince of Lorraine, a number of marble fragments and statues that once decorated the ancient theater of Herculaneum were unearthed. In 1738, work began again under Charles III ...
