Please as an American with Sicilian blood, blood that has been lost to time, make a documentary hours long. This was exquisitely well done. It is EXTREMELY difficult to find 'good' information about 'Isola del sole' that is not tainted or bias in a particular direction. I can trace my family heritage to roughly the 1800's to Sicily. As a child always I was fascinated with this Island, and the one ting that stands out is hearing the language, compared to main land Italy, sounding very different. Learn Sicily; You have re ignited an old passion for this beautiful Islands rich in history that I feel in my blood and soul and am truly interested in information that is unbias, as you seem to present it. THANK YOU 'LEARN SICILIAN', from the heart.
Thank you so much for those kind words! It means a lot. Presenting unbiased historical information is very important to us. Is there any area in Sicily’s history you would like us to focus on for a video?
Mafia is just a modern aberration made famous by American movies. Sicily is Greek, Italic, Roman and Italian, a Mediterranean land full of culture and history that have nothing to envy to any other land.
Learning so much! My great great grandfather immigrated to America from Palermo, Sicily. Now I'm obsessed with learning as much as I can about my ancestral land!
The origin of Elymians is mysterious! Some say that they were coming from the city of Troy and some from south France. Siculi from East Europe gave their name to the island. As regards the Phenicians, they only created some branches on the coast before being chased out by the Greeks
Very nice video. One correction needed: The Sicilian Vespers at (8:28 in this video) broke out on Easter 1282, 16 years after the French born king was crowned and not 1266.
Sicily is at the heart of Italy as Piemonte, Veneto, Napoli, Calabria and all the rest is at the core of the identity of ‘Italian-ness’. Sicily is Roman, Greek with its Norman influence. The nature of the early tribes is nearly unknown - the Sicani, Elymian, Siculi. Rome at the center of Italy conquered the lands of the peninsula, first and for obvious reason, and went directly to its nearest island land mass, Sicilia. Sicily has been at the heart of Roman culture and the various conquerers of Rome, Napoli and all the other regions since the inception and idea of an ‘Italy’. All the Roman and medieval scholars and historians have written this. Sicily has a regional identity, yes, as does every region of Italy. Sicily’s is mediterranean while Piemonte’s is Gaulic, as Lombardia’s was Longobardi, Germanic. Italy, like all of Europe is one of tribes and conquering peoples, acculturations, adaptations. Read what the great modern Italian historian and journalist Luigi Barzini says of Sicily in his landmark book, The Italians.. And of course, it is noteworthy that Dante himself, the instigator of the modern Italian language took his cue outright from the Sicilian School of poets as he began to form his literature in the vulgaris. As well, of the greatest of Italian writers they happen to be from Sicily - Luigi Pirandello, Leonardo Sciascia, Quasimodo, Bufalino, the poet Lucio Piccolo who the Genovese great Eugenio Montale hailed and brought to light. Then there is the great Italian writer from provincia di Catania, Giovanni Verga, whose text is the basis of one the great operas of Pietro Mascagni, ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’. Vincenzo Bellini the great opera composer is iconic in the world of Italian music. And the list goes on and on and on.
Yes, the ancient Carthaginians, a Phoenician people from what is now modern-day Lebanon founded the empire in what is now modern-day Tunisia and battled the native Berbers winning rule from the Greeks in Sicily from about 827 for nearly 200 years of a 3000+ year history, especially in the western part of Sicily. The Roman Punic wars are the subject of this empire. As for Spain, the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies under the Spanish branch of the Borbone was an empire extending from Napoli southward including the island Sicily and under Spanish rule. These were rulers of royal dynasties, who followed the brief rule of the Angevins (French), for hundreds of years leading up to the Risorgimento. As for Spanish emigration, Napoli was a destination more than Sicily. The ruling Bourbon Kings also for that matter married into Austrian families yet the culture and people of Sicily was not Iberic during this rule. The histories of all European city-states is complex and diverse yet there are core ancient peoples, core societies and culture which make for a larger constant.
@@williamlenihan7536 being from the States, I just marvel at other nations and region's history. It blows my mind how many different factions ruled over hundreds of years. My family lived in Italy for many years. I hope to one day visit. It's the first nation on my map to visit.
I love how you brushed over the North African Aghlabids (modern day Tunisia) who were the ones that conquered Sicily from the Byzantines and controlled it for 200 years before the Normans took it from them. You can literally find Mosques and Arabic writings and Arabic streets in Sicily. Even the Sicilian language itself and culture is influenced by the period which the Aghlabids and Later under the banner of Fatimids ruled. They ruled the entire nation and it took them more than five years to fully control the island. So why falsify and brush over real history? is it because this time around the colonizers weren't blonde haired christians? Trust me, most of y'all aren't that either and should really acknowledge your past and who you are. Love from Tunisia to the beautiful Island of Sicily.
They are arrogant and never will they acknowledge Muslim heritage in Italy and Spain. I'm Moroccan born in belgium and they never have mentioned Muslim Spain and Sicily in history class. Btw great comment about our magnificent History in the Mediterranean. Salaam
Dreams = 'i sònni / 'i sònnura (depending on location) Vision = 'a visioni Forward thinking = pensari n antìcipu / pensari progressivamenti (Some may disagree with how I've spelled these but I think you can understand from this)
As someone deeply interested in history and committed to practical reasoning, I can only observe that Africa and Sicily are relatively close. Accepting the idea that there were no African (Moorish) visitors to Sicily that helped shape the culture of Sicily during that period is challenging. There is an untold aspect of this story. In ancient times, travel across the Mediterranean was expected, with people, goods, and ideas moving between Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. This would have included individuals or groups from Africa traveling to Sicily for trade, exploration, or other reasons. So it's highly likely that there were Africans in Sicily during various historical periods, even if specific records or accounts may not have been preserved or widely recognized.
Of course, two hundred years of rule. The Moors brought new plants, a great knowledge of irrigation, and great art (see Palermo), among other things. Sicilian cuisine and language was influenced by the Moors.
Death to the French, was a Sicilian chant then, I have no problem with that now: All the love from Libya to our sisters and brothers in Sicily 🇱🇾🇱🇾🇱🇾😀😀
Names of numerous Greek colonies are left out. Only 3 are named and dotted on the map. Another defect of this video, and it is a terrible one, is omission of the Arab occupation, prior to the Norman one. The Arabs brought progress and prosperity.
YA LEFT OUT ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT INDIGENOUS PEOPLES CALLED ARABS AKA WESTERN ASIANS AKA MIDDLE EAST AKA THE PHOICINA/NORTH AFRICANS THEY SETTLED IN WESTERN ITALY YA SUPPOSED TO BE EDUCATING us HERE YA GO I WILL HELP. Elymi in the west they are our west Asian/middle eastern family. Sicani, in the central part, they come from Iberia aka Spain. And the Sikels from Greece in the east ✌🏽
@@LearnSicilian ty, we must give respect to our indigenous people that settled on our island FIRST, our Middle Eastern/North African, Greek and Iberian people of the largest island in the Mediterranean ✌🏽
@@marcodipasquale. Firstly the Arabs, North Africans and Phoenicians are not the same people. They are all Semitic but they are all very distinct, with different places and times of origin. Secondly they are not indigenous to Sicily. "Indigenous" does not mean "everybody who settled there".
@@anthonyca it's really Sicily is not Italy Sicily is only colony of the Italy since 1861 after massacre fake vote for united with we are Sicilian is true Sicilian we are not Italian
@@andreavinci4939 my grandmother on my Mom's side was rhe first one born in the USA, her sister was born in Sicily. The whole family had light eyes, and skin.. one of her brothers had red hair. My dads dad was Sicilian. People don't believe I am mostly Sicilian heritage because I have light skin and a red beard. My brother has olive skin amd a red beard.
andrea vinci Dude what are you on about? Of course Sicily is part of Italy, and I tell you more, it is an autonomous region of Italy ( regione a statuto speciale ), which enables it to have more freedom in certain matters (finances for example ), a colony would be glad just to be represented in Parliament. Also what false vote are you talking about? The one in 1860? Well if it is indeed false, than why when Garibaldi and his companions arrived in marsala they could count on some local volunteers help ? And it was not only a limited thing, all the island was on his side. If they wanted to, they could have sides with the Borbone, and ”protect” the island with them. Yes there were some seccionist movement, as there are in other regions (Veneto for instance ) but don't you think that if we really wanted to be completely independent, we would have done something serious in 160 years ? Sincerely, a very annoyed sicilian
Why damn Romans? Not trying to attack you like some troll (although that may be how this seems, I know) but just wondering why you would say that? Curious to hear your perspective.
Took a 23andMe and I’m about 57% Italian and they narrowed down that the majority of that ancestry originated in Sicily. Actually didn’t expect that because I thought most of my ancestors were northerners.
Please as an American with Sicilian blood, blood that has been lost to time, make a documentary hours long. This was exquisitely well done. It is EXTREMELY difficult to find 'good' information about 'Isola del sole' that is not tainted or bias in a particular direction. I can trace my family heritage to roughly the 1800's to Sicily. As a child always I was fascinated with this Island, and the one ting that stands out is hearing the language, compared to main land Italy, sounding very different.
Learn Sicily; You have re ignited an old passion for this beautiful Islands rich in history that I feel in my blood and soul and am truly interested in information that is unbias, as you seem to present it.
THANK YOU 'LEARN SICILIAN', from the heart.
Thank you so much for those kind words! It means a lot. Presenting unbiased historical information is very important to us. Is there any area in Sicily’s history you would like us to focus on for a video?
@@LearnSicilian Caltinesetta, Forgive me if I've spelled it wrong . This where my family was from. Thank you sincerely.
@@LearnSicilian Marsala, Palermo
Accattati i libbra e sa tutti così!@@jondoe9581
I've been waiting for this. Sicily is never talked about. Just the mafia.
Sicily Is not mafia mafia Is Both in Italy North wit unit of Italy eithr sud and Sicily comes calling mafiosi ours siciiian
So true!
@@andreavinci4939 mafia or not. I love Sicilians. That's my dads lineage. ❤
Mafia is just a modern aberration made famous by American movies. Sicily is Greek, Italic, Roman and Italian, a Mediterranean land full of culture and history that have nothing to envy to any other land.
So true!!
I miss Sicily so much, along with having the heritage... an island that hardly ever knew its own rulership.
Please create a part 2! My ancestors were from Sicily and it is so great to be able to learn about them!
Yes a second episode would be great! We love exploring the history of Sicily
Mine to. Crimaldi family
Watching this because my ancestors on my moms side are from Palermo, they left for the US in the 1500's. I'm curious what was going on at that time.
@@jennysjourney02 i own a greco sicilian friendship discord server if you want to join send me your account
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Learning so much! My great great grandfather immigrated to America from Palermo, Sicily. Now I'm obsessed with learning as much as I can about my ancestral land!
My great paternal great grandparents came from Sicily. I long to see my native land.
My dad was born in Palermo in 1903. Came to America in 1906 through Ellis Island with his mother, father and 4 brothers and sisters.
Yes same here with my great grandmother born in 1903 in Palermo Sicily came here in 1904-1905 through Ellis Island!! 🙏🏼❤️
Voggliu imparari lu sicilianu pe manteneri mo origini vivo! Grazi assaj!
I love everything about Sicily! Wish I can visit it one day! ❤️❤️❤️
Thanks for this videos, because my grandparents came from Taramino, but I never met them, because they passed away at a young age.
The origin of Elymians is mysterious! Some say that they were coming from the city of Troy and some from south France. Siculi from East Europe gave their name to the island. As regards the Phenicians, they only created some branches on the coast before being chased out by the Greeks
Love this my parents are from Sicily
Very interesting thank you!
Sicilia ! 🇮🇲🙌🏻🇮🇲
We right here
Waiting for Part II, please.
Very nice video. One correction needed: The Sicilian Vespers at (8:28 in this video) broke out on Easter 1282, 16 years after the French born king was crowned and not 1266.
Where is the part of the moors in Sicily
Enjoyed this video!
Viva Magna Grecia 🇬🇷 e Sicilia
Really cool civilization. Underrated too.
Fantastic! Well done
Facts...always stigmatizing us.
WHERE IS PART 2??
No mention of the influence of the Carthaginians that took over Sicily for a long time before the Roman’s were able to get them out of there? Why?
amazing grazie!
I want to know more about slavery in Sicily
Thank you. 😊
Where is part 2
WHERE IS PART 2 3 4 ECT ???? 🤷🏽♂
Sicily is at the heart of Italy as Piemonte, Veneto, Napoli, Calabria and all the rest is at the core of the identity of ‘Italian-ness’. Sicily is Roman, Greek with its Norman influence. The nature of the early tribes is nearly unknown - the Sicani, Elymian, Siculi. Rome at the center of Italy conquered the lands of the peninsula, first and for obvious reason, and went directly to its nearest island land mass, Sicilia. Sicily has been at the heart of Roman culture and the various conquerers of Rome, Napoli and all the other regions since the inception and idea of an ‘Italy’. All the Roman and medieval scholars and historians have written this. Sicily has a regional identity, yes, as does every region of Italy.
Sicily’s is mediterranean while Piemonte’s is Gaulic, as Lombardia’s was Longobardi, Germanic. Italy, like all of Europe is one of tribes and conquering peoples, acculturations, adaptations. Read what the great modern Italian historian and journalist Luigi Barzini says of Sicily in his landmark book, The Italians.. And of course, it is noteworthy that Dante himself, the instigator of the modern Italian language took his cue outright from the Sicilian School of poets as he began to form his literature in the vulgaris. As well, of the greatest of Italian writers they happen to be from Sicily - Luigi Pirandello, Leonardo Sciascia, Quasimodo, Bufalino, the poet Lucio Piccolo who the Genovese great Eugenio Montale hailed and brought to light. Then there is the great Italian writer from provincia di Catania, Giovanni Verga, whose text is the basis of one the great operas of Pietro Mascagni, ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’. Vincenzo Bellini the great opera composer is iconic in the world of Italian music. And the list goes on and on and on.
@ Willia...Happy to read some educated,cultured,informed article.Thank you very much for sharing...🤝
"Sicily is Roman, Greek with its Norman influence."
You're forgetting north African and Spanish.
Yes, the ancient Carthaginians, a Phoenician people from what is now modern-day Lebanon founded the empire in what is now modern-day Tunisia and battled the native Berbers winning rule from the Greeks in Sicily from about 827 for nearly 200 years of a 3000+ year history, especially in the western part of Sicily. The Roman Punic wars are the subject of this empire. As for Spain, the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies under the Spanish branch of the Borbone was an empire extending from Napoli southward including the island Sicily and under Spanish rule. These were rulers of royal dynasties, who followed the brief rule of the Angevins (French), for hundreds of years leading up to the Risorgimento. As for Spanish emigration, Napoli was a destination more than Sicily. The ruling Bourbon Kings also for that matter married into Austrian families yet the culture and people of Sicily was not Iberic during this rule. The histories of all European city-states is complex and diverse yet there are core ancient peoples, core societies and culture which make for a larger constant.
Your features arabs with black
and sharp features
@@williamlenihan7536 being from the States, I just marvel at other nations and region's history. It blows my mind how many different factions ruled over hundreds of years. My family lived in Italy for many years. I hope to one day visit. It's the first nation on my map to visit.
Sicilian vespers started in 1282, not 1266 like you said in the video- that is when the french came to rule the island
Sicilia bedda!
Bravu! Ma cangia 'sta bannera miricana, ca nun si po virì.
BRAVO!
Love it!
Grazie pi lu video, Salutamu!
Nice
where's part 2
I love how you brushed over the North African Aghlabids (modern day Tunisia) who were the ones that conquered Sicily from the Byzantines and controlled it for 200 years before the Normans took it from them. You can literally find Mosques and Arabic writings and Arabic streets in Sicily. Even the Sicilian language itself and culture is influenced by the period which the Aghlabids and Later under the banner of Fatimids ruled. They ruled the entire nation and it took them more than five years to fully control the island. So why falsify and brush over real history? is it because this time around the colonizers weren't blonde haired christians? Trust me, most of y'all aren't that either and should really acknowledge your past and who you are. Love from Tunisia to the beautiful Island of Sicily.
They are arrogant and never will they acknowledge Muslim heritage in Italy and Spain. I'm Moroccan born in belgium and they never have mentioned Muslim Spain and Sicily in history class. Btw great comment about our magnificent History in the Mediterranean. Salaam
Can someone please tell me how to say dreams, vision, forward thinking, in Sicilian?
Dreams = 'i sònni / 'i sònnura (depending on location)
Vision = 'a visioni
Forward thinking = pensari n antìcipu / pensari progressivamenti
(Some may disagree with how I've spelled these but I think you can understand from this)
@@michaelm-bs2er thank you.
@@anthonyca for that last one you could also say "previdiri" = to foresee
As someone deeply interested in history and committed to practical reasoning, I can only observe that Africa and Sicily are relatively close. Accepting the idea that there were no African (Moorish) visitors to Sicily that helped shape the culture of Sicily during that period is challenging. There is an untold aspect of this story. In ancient times, travel across the Mediterranean was expected, with people, goods, and ideas moving between Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. This would have included individuals or groups from Africa traveling to Sicily for trade, exploration, or other reasons. So it's highly likely that there were Africans in Sicily during various historical periods, even if specific records or accounts may not have been preserved or widely recognized.
Of course, two hundred years of rule. The Moors brought new plants, a great knowledge of irrigation, and great art (see Palermo), among other things. Sicilian cuisine and language was influenced by the Moors.
Bedda Sicilia! Auguri! 💪🏻🍋🍷
Death to the French, was a Sicilian chant then, I have no problem with that now: All the love from Libya to our sisters and brothers in Sicily 🇱🇾🇱🇾🇱🇾😀😀
I am Haitian and my ancestors are French. Sicily was the home of The French.
The rebellion of 1266 is wrong it was on Easter of 1282
🇪🇺🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷👋
Nice tourism destination
Is this ok for kids
My ancestors were Sicilian.
Buona Pasqua 🎀
Names of numerous Greek colonies are left out. Only 3 are named and dotted on the map. Another defect of this video, and it is a terrible one, is omission of the Arab occupation, prior to the Norman one. The Arabs brought progress and prosperity.
Why did you completely skip over the history of when Sicily was under Arab rule 😭
Sweet
Thank you!
I'm sure there Greek by dna & Italian by culture & language I rest my case.
@ Ugur Meh...The DNA is also Greek and other.37% is Northen European.
Translate to Hindi History of sisly
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My grandparents
Were from palmao. Their name was C
ampagna.they had 8 children 4 were light skin and 4dark
Always wondered about that
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Im Sicilian
Ur Sicilian huh?
Anche io
Sicily is not Italian
Moors
YA LEFT OUT ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT INDIGENOUS PEOPLES CALLED ARABS AKA WESTERN ASIANS AKA MIDDLE EAST AKA THE PHOICINA/NORTH AFRICANS THEY SETTLED IN WESTERN ITALY YA SUPPOSED TO BE EDUCATING us HERE YA GO I WILL HELP. Elymi in the west they are our west Asian/middle eastern family. Sicani, in the central part, they come from Iberia aka Spain. And the Sikels from Greece in the east ✌🏽
Arabs mentioned @5:43
Sicani mentioned @1:27
Siculi & Elymians mentioned @2:18
Phoenicians mentioned @2:58
@@LearnSicilian ty, we must give respect to our indigenous people that settled on our island FIRST, our Middle Eastern/North African, Greek and Iberian people of the largest island in the Mediterranean ✌🏽
Important NOT the most important
@@marcodipasquale. Firstly the Arabs, North Africans and Phoenicians are not the same people. They are all Semitic but they are all very distinct, with different places and times of origin. Secondly they are not indigenous to Sicily. "Indigenous" does not mean "everybody who settled there".
You didn't even listen to the video didn't you?
L nepali o. Prood
Italy is not sicily.
French people mocking modest women? Looks like things haven’t changed much. Mess with the wrong modest woman, and there are consequences.
Love how you don’t mention Frederick II ONE SINGLE TIME. Imagine making a Sicilian history video and not even touching on him. Crappy video.
Please at least learn how to pronounce the words correctly. It's "SEEcanee"...not seeCAHnee.
Griek, Roman, Spanish and of course dont forget not to mention the Muslim Arabs ppfffff sick of this Eurocentric so called historians
Omg and aboriginal sicilians ffs
Sicily is not Italy
Is that good or bad?
@@anthonyca it's really Sicily is not Italy Sicily is only colony of the Italy since 1861 after massacre fake vote for united with we are Sicilian is true Sicilian we are not Italian
@@andreavinci4939 my grandmother on my Mom's side was rhe first one born in the USA, her sister was born in Sicily. The whole family had light eyes, and skin.. one of her brothers had red hair. My dads dad was Sicilian. People don't believe I am mostly Sicilian heritage because I have light skin and a red beard. My brother has olive skin amd a red beard.
andrea vinci
Dude what are you on about?
Of course Sicily is part of Italy, and I tell you more, it is an autonomous region of Italy ( regione a statuto speciale ), which enables it to have more freedom in certain matters (finances for example ), a colony would be glad just to be represented in Parliament. Also what false vote are you talking about? The one in 1860? Well if it is indeed false, than why when Garibaldi and his companions arrived in marsala they could count on some local volunteers help ? And it was not only a limited thing, all the island was on his side. If they wanted to, they could have sides with the Borbone, and ”protect” the island with them.
Yes there were some seccionist movement, as there are in other regions (Veneto for instance ) but don't you think that if we really wanted to be completely independent, we would have done something serious in 160 years ?
Sincerely, a very annoyed sicilian
@@gaiacammalleri5342Sicily is not Italy and stop
Damn Romans
"People should know when they're conquered."
Roma Invicta!
@ world
Eco: Why?
Roma Aeterna Caput Mundi Est.
Why damn Romans? Not trying to attack you like some troll (although that may be how this seems, I know) but just wondering why you would say that? Curious to hear your perspective.
Took a 23andMe and I’m about 57% Italian and they narrowed down that the majority of that ancestry originated in Sicily. Actually didn’t expect that because I thought most of my ancestors were northerners.
You forgot Federico second of Sweden how dare you!?!?!? Stupor mundis
Part 2?