HISTORY The first settlers that lived in your Country… In Italy there were many people of Indo-...
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HISTORY
HISTORY The first settlers that lived in your Country… In Italy there were many people of Indo- European origin as Etruscans, Latin, Umbrians… In Sicily
The first settlers that lived in your Country In Italy there
were many people of Indo- European origin as Etruscans, Latin,
Umbrians In Sicily the first settlers were the Phoenicians. After
the 8 th century B.C. the settlers from Greece, settled on the
coast of south-italian (giving rise to the Magna Grecia) and on
that of Sicily and founded several cities including Messina,
Giardini Naxos, Agrigento, Syracuse.
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Our city Messina Messina was founded with the name of Zancle,
which means sickle. The Roman conquest began in 264 B.C. and they
established,in the Empire that was created, a first form of
globalization. After the decline of the Western Roman Empire,
Messina was conquered by Byzantines and Arabs. In 1060 B.C. it was
colonized by Normans and, thanks to them,it achieved a very big
success, becoming, for a very long time, the richest Sicilian city.
In the 1674, it tried to rebel to Spain but suffered the
repression.
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Cultural contribution All of these people gave their cultural
contribution, leaving us testimonials, traditions and that are
fundamental for our cultural heritage. Also, Sicily was invaded by
Phoenician (around 734 B.C.) and Carthaginians ( in the 6 th
century), who founded some cities such as Mozia and Solunto, before
the Greeks arrival.
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Zancle
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Mix of many civilizations Over the centuries in Italy lots of
wars and violence in general occurred. The current situation of the
Sicilian society in particular is the result of the mixture of many
civilizations and this makes sicilian people open-minded to other
cultures and races.
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Gaetano Martino, who studied medicine and was a university
teacher and rector of Messina and Rome University, was also an
Italian Minister and he tied inextricably his name to the idea of a
united Europe, the Europe of Messina, as it was called in those
days. Gaetano Martinos idea was that of a united Europe for good
causes, and thats the point that is at the basis of globalism.
Gaetano Martino was one of the participants of the Messina
Conference,held in the Salon of the Flags of the Town Hall in
Messina in 1955, which would lead to the Treaty of Rome in 1957. He
was also President of the European Parliament from 1962 to 1964.
Gaetano Martino was head of the Italian Parliamentary Delegation to
the fifteenth and sixteenth UN General Assembly in New York.