Editing Sicily (section)

===UNESCO World Heritage Sites===
[[File:Mosaic in Villa Romana del Casale, by Jerzy Strzelecki, 13.jpg|thumb|One of the mosaics in Villa Romana del Casale]]
There are seven [[UNESCO World Heritage Sites]] on Sicily. By the order of inscription:
* '''[[Valle dei Templi]]''' (1997) is one of the most outstanding examples of [[Magna Graecia]] art and architecture, and is one of the main attractions of Sicily as well as a national monument of Italy. The site is located in [[Agrigento]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/831 |title=Archaeological Area of Agrigento – UNESCO World Heritage Centre |publisher=Whc.unesco.org |date=7 December 1997 |access-date=6 May 2009}}</ref>
* '''[[Villa Romana del Casale]]''' (1997) is a [[Roman villa]] built in the first quarter of the 4th century and located about {{convert|3|km|0|abbr=on}} outside the town of [[Piazza Armerina]]. It contains the richest, largest and most complex collection of Roman mosaics in the world.<ref>R. J. A. Wilson: ''Piazza Armerina''. In: Akiyama, Terakazu (Ed.): ''The dictionary of Art. Vol. 24: Pandolfini to Pitti.'' Oxford 1998, {{ISBN|0-19-517068-7}}.</ref>
* '''[[Aeolian Islands]]''' (2000) are a [[Volcano|volcanic]] [[archipelago]] in the [[Tyrrhenian Sea]], named after the demigod of the winds [[Aeolus]]. The Aeolian Islands are a tourist destination in the summer, and attract up to 200,000 visitors annually.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/908 |title=Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands) – UNESCO World Heritage Centre |publisher=Whc.unesco.org |date=30 November 2000 |access-date=6 May 2009}}</ref>
* '''[[Val di Noto|Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto]]''' (2002) "represent the culmination and final flowering of [[Baroque]] art in Europe".<ref>[https://whc.unesco.org/archive/advisory_body_evaluation/1024rev.pdf Noto (Italy) – No 1024rev], ICOMOS, January 2002, Advisory Body Evaluation, Unesco</ref> It includes several towns: [[Caltagirone]], [[Militello in Val di Catania]], [[Catania]], [[Modica]], [[Noto]], [[Palazzolo Acreide]], [[Ragusa, Italy|Ragusa]] and [[Scicli]].
* '''[[Necropolis of Pantalica]]''' (2005) is a large [[Necropolis]] in Sicily with over 5,000 tombs dating from the 13th to the 7th centuries BC. [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]] is notable for its rich Greek history, culture, amphitheatres and architecture. They are situated in south-eastern Sicily.
* '''[[Mount Etna]]''' (2013) is one of the most active volcanoes in the world and is in an almost constant state of activity and generated myths, legends and naturalistic observation from Greek, Celts and Roman classic and medieval times.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.italymagazine.com/news/mount-etna-becomes-world-heritage-site |title=Mount Etna Becomes a World Heritage Site |publisher=Italy Magazine |date=4 May 2013}}</ref>
* '''Arab-Norman [[Palermo]] and the cathedral churches of [[Cefalù]] and [[Monreale]]'''; includes a series of nine civil and religious structures dating from the era of the Norman kingdom of Sicily (1130–1194)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1487/ |title=Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalú and Monreale |first=UNESCO World Heritage |last=Centre}}</ref>
[[File:Cathedral of San Giorgio in Modica.JPG|thumb|Cathedral of San Giorgio in Modica]]

====Tentative UNESCO World Heritage sites====
[[File:Sicilia Taormina4 tango7174.jpg|thumb|[[Taormina]]'s central square at sunset]]
* [[Taormina]] and Isola Bella;<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.worldheritagesite.org/tentative/id/1164|title = Taormina and Isola Bella |website = World Heritage Site |url-status = live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190522180028/https://www.worldheritagesite.org/tentative/id/1164 | archive-date = 22 May 2019}}</ref>
* [[Motya]] and [[Marsala|Libeo Island]]: The Phoenician-Punic Civilisation in Italy;<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.worldheritagesite.org/tentative/id/2029|title = Mothia and Libeo Island: The Phoenician-Punic Civilization in Italy |website = World Heritage Site |url-status = live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190522181732/https://www.worldheritagesite.org/tentative/id/2029| archive-date = 22 May 2019}}</ref>
* [[Scala dei Turchi]];<ref>[http://www.worldheritagesite.org/alltentative.html All Tentative Sites] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130114084757/http://www.worldheritagesite.org/alltentative.html |date=14 January 2013}}. World Heritage Site. Retrieved on 18 December 2012.</ref>
* [[Strait of Messina]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2015/04/18/news/_stretto_messina_sia_patrimonio_dell_umanita_nase_l_asse_tra_i_comuni_di_calabria_e_sicilia-112283979/ |title="Stretto Messina sia patrimonio dell'Umanità". Nasce l'asse tra i comuni di Calabria e Sicilia |date=18 April 2015}}</ref>