Avola

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Avola
coat of arms
Avola (Italy)
Avola
Country Italy
region Sicily
Free community consortium Syracuse  (SR)
Local name Àvula
Coordinates 36 ° 55 '  N , 15 ° 8'  E Coordinates: 36 ° 54 '35 "  N , 15 ° 8' 10"  E
height 40  m slm
surface 74.27 km²
Residents 31,145 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 419 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 96012
prefix 0931
ISTAT number 089002
Popular name Avolesi
Patron saint Santa Venera
Website Avola
Chiesa Madre
Chiesa di Santa Venera

Avola is a town in the municipality consortium Syracuse outdoors in the region Sicily in Italy with 31,145 inhabitants (December 31, 2019). The red wine grape variety Nero d'Avola is known beyond the borders of Italy .

Location and dates

Avola is located 27 kilometers southwest of Syracuse near the Ionian coast. The residents mainly work in industry and agriculture. Avola is the center of almond cultivation .

The city is on the SS 115 from Syracuse to Ragusa . Avola has a rail connection to the Canicattì – Syracuse railway line .

The neighboring communities are Noto and Syracuse .

history

The place is mentioned under the name Abolla ( Greek  Ἄβολλα ) by Stephanos of Byzantium . Numerous hoards of coins from the 5th to 2nd centuries BC were found here . Since late antiquity the place has been inhabited by Byzantines and Arabs. It was completely destroyed in the earthquake of 1693. 8 km from the old town (now Avola Antica ), Avola was rebuilt in 1695 in the shape of a hexagon. The center is the Piazza Umberto I, on which the cathedral is located.

Buildings

Avola is a city of the baroque .

  • Ex Convento dei Cappuccini church
  • Church of Madre di S. Nicolò di Mira, 18th century
  • Church of S. Maria di Gesù
  • S. Giovanni Battista Church, 18th century
  • S. Venera Church
  • S. Antonio da Padova Church, 18th century
  • Santa Croce ai cappuccini church
  • S. Antonio Abate Church, 18th century
  • Church della SS. Annunziata, 18th century
  • Church of S. Maria delle Grazie
  • Museo Civico

Surroundings

  • Lido di Avola beach (northeast)
  • Marina di Avola beach (southeast)
  • Ruins of the old city of Avola, which was destroyed in an earthquake in 1693, are located approx. 8 km northeast of today's city
  • The nature reserve Cavagrande del Cassibile , a ravine formed by erosion, with rock gavs from the time of the Sikeler
  • Dolmen di Avola

Sons and daughters

Individual evidence

  1. Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. Giacomo Manganaro: Aballo 2. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 1, Metzler, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-476-01471-1 , Sp. 27.

Web links

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