Carlentini

Chiesa Madre or "Mother Church" of Carlentini is a baroque-style, Roman Catholic church located on via Via Roma #140, corner with via Garibaldi, in center of the town of Carlentini in the province of Syracuse, region of Sicily, Italy. The church is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception (Immacolata Concezione in Italian).

San Luca Evangelista is a baroque-style, Roman Catholic parish church located on piazza San Luca, between via Cairoli and via Bricinna, in the town of Lentini, province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy.

The Chiesa madre of Santa Maria la Cava e Sant'Alfio ('Mother Church of St. Mary of the Pit and St. Alphius') is the main Roman Catholic church in Lentini, province of Syracuse, Sicily Italy.

San Francesco di Paola is a Roman Catholic parish church located at the intersection of via Conte Alaimo and Piazza Guido Rossa, in the town of Lentini, province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy.

The Chiesa of Santissima Trinità e San Marziano (Church of the Holiest Trinity and St Marziano) is a Roman Catholic church located on via San Francesco d'Assisi, 3, just south of the town centre of Lentini, province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy.

The Lago di Lentini, also called Biviere, is a lake near Lentini in the Province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy. It is the largest lake on the island.

Villasmundo (Sicilian: Villasmundu) is a southern Italian hamlet (frazione) of Melilli, a municipality part of the Province of Syracuse, Sicily. Mellili is located and is 8.61 kilometres (5.35 mi) from Melilli, to which it belongs. It has a population of 3,008.

The 1693 Sicily earthquake struck parts of southern Italy near Sicily, then a territory part of the Crown of Aragon by the Kings of Spain Calabria, and Malta on 11 January at around 21:00 local time. This earthquake was preceded by a damaging foreshock on 9 January. The main quake had an estimated magnitude of 7.4 on the moment magnitude scale, the most powerful in Italian recorded history, and a maximum intensity of XI (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale, destroying at least 70 towns and cities, seriously affecting an area of 5,600 square kilometres (2,200 sq mi) and causing the death of about 60,000 people. The earthquake was followed by tsunamis that devastated the coastal villages on the Ionian Sea and in the Straits of Messina. Almost two-thirds of the entire population of Catania were killed. The epicentre of the disaster was probably close to the coast, possibly offshore, although the exact position remains unknown. The extent and degree of destruction caused by the earthquake resulted in the extensive rebuilding of the towns and cities of southeastern Sicily, particularly the Val di Noto, in a homogeneous late Baroque style, described as "the culmination and final flowering of Baroque art in Europe". According to a contemporary account of the earthquake by Vincentius Bonajutus, published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, "It was in this country impossible to keep upon our legs, or in one place on the dancing Earth; nay, those that lay along on the ground, were tossed from side to side, as if on a rolling billow."

Agnone Bagni (Sicilian: Agnuni) is a southern Italian beach resort and hamlet (frazione) of Augusta, a municipality part of the Province of Syracuse, Sicily. In 2011, it had a population of 120.

The 1169 Sicily earthquake occurred on 4 February 1169 at 08:00 local time on the eve of the feast of St. Agatha of Sicily (in southern Italy). It had an estimated magnitude of between 6.4 and 7.3 and an estimated maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale. The cities of Catania, Lentini and Modica were severely damaged, and the earthquake also triggered a paleotsunami. Overall, the earthquake is estimated to have caused the deaths of at least 15,000 people.

The Gornalunga is an 81-kilometre-long (50 mi) river located in central-eastern Sicily. The river springs from Monte Rossomanno, on the Erean Mountains, in the province of Enna. After flowing through the plain of Catania, the river becomes an affluent of the Simeto river just few miles before reaching the Mediterranean coast. Along its course, the Gornalunga forms the artificial lake, Lago di Ogliastro, and touches three provinces, Enna, Catania and Syracuse.

Operation Fustian was an airborne forces operation undertaken during the Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943 in the Second World War. The operation was carried out by Brigadier Gerald Lathbury's 1st Parachute Brigade, part of the British 1st Airborne Division. Their objective was the Primosole Bridge across the Simeto River. The intention was for the brigade, with glider-borne forces in support, to land on both sides of the river. They would then capture the bridge and secure the surrounding area until relieved by the advance of British XIII Corps, which had landed on the south eastern coast three days previously. Because the bridge was the only crossing on the river and would give the British Eighth Army access to the Catania plain, its capture was expected to speed the advance and lead to the defeat of the Axis forces in Sicily. Many of the aircraft carrying the paratroopers from North Africa were shot down or were damaged and turned back by friendly fire and enemy action. Evasive action taken by the pilots scattered the brigade over a large area and only the equivalent of two companies of troops were landed in the correct locations. Despite this and the defence by German and Italian forces, the British paratroops captured the bridge, repulsed attacks and held out against increasing odds until nightfall. The relief force led by the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division, under Major-General Sidney C. Kirkman, which was short of transport, were still 1 mile (1.6 km) away when they halted for the night. By this time, with casualties mounting and supplies running short, the parachute brigade commander, Gerald Lathbury, had relinquished control of the bridge to the Germans. The following day the British units joined forces and the 9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, with tank support, attempted to recapture the bridge. The bridge was not finally secured until three days after the start of the operation, when another battalion of the Durham Light Infantry, led by the paratroopers, established a bridgehead on the north bank of the river. The capture of Primosole Bridge did not lead to the expected rapid advance, as by this time the Germans had gathered their forces and established a defensive line. It was not until early the following month that the Eighth Army captured Catania. By this time the 1st Parachute Brigade had been withdrawn to Malta and took no further part in the conquest of Sicily. Lessons were learned from the operation and were later put into practice in future Allied airborne operations.