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Fun fact 2 about Sicily

Megaliths of Argimusco, Montalbano Elicona
island

Sicily was first colonized by humans around 16,000 years ago by people associated with the Epigravettian culture.

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Sicily

Italy

Area
25,711 km²
Location
Italy
23rd largest island in the world

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.

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