| Gela (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒɛːla], Sicilian: [ˈdʒɛla]; Ancient Greek: Γέλα), is a city and comune in the Autonomous Region of Sicily, Italy; in terms of area and population, it is the largest comune on Sicily's southern coast. Gela is part of Caltanissetta province and is the only comune in Italy with a population and area that exceed those of the province's capital.Gela was founded in 698 BC by Greek colonists from Rhodes and Crete; it was an influential polis in Sicily in the 7th and 6th centuries BC and the place where Aeschylus (died 456 BC) lived and died. In 1943, during the Invasion of Sicily, the Allied forces made their first landing on the island at Gela. |
