Sicilian Mafia
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The Sicilian Mafia or Cosa Nostra, also known as the Mafia, is an Italian secret criminal society and criminal organization originating on the island of Sicily and dating back to the mid-19th century.
Representation of two brigand members of Cosa Nostra towards the end of the 19th century
Sketch of the 1901 trial of suspected mafiosi in Palermo. From the newspaper L'Ora, May 1901.
Salvatore Riina
Giulio Andreotti, seven-time Prime Minister of Italy, had proven links to the Mafia.
Sicily
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Sicily, officially the Sicilian Region, is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea and one of the twenty regions of Italy, situated south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe. With over 4
Sicilian Mafia
…Sicilian: ; lit. 'Our Thing'), also known as the Mafia, is an Italian secret criminal society and criminal organization originating on the island of Sicily and dating back to the mid-19th century. Emerging as a form of local protection and control over land and agriculture, the Mafia gradually evolved into…
Megaliths of Argimusco, Montalbano Elicona
Ruins of the ancient Phoenician city of Motya
Ruins of the ancient Carthaginian city of Soluntum
Temple of Concordia, Valle dei Templi, an archaeological site in Agrigento. It is one of the most outstanding examples of ancient Greek art and architecture of Magna Graecia.