Burgio
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Country | Italy | |
region | Sicily | |
Free community consortium | Agrigento (AG) | |
Local name | Burgiu | |
Coordinates | 37 ° 36 ' N , 13 ° 17' E | |
height | 317 m slm | |
surface | 42.22 km² | |
Residents | 2,586 (Dec 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 61 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 92010 | |
prefix | 0925 | |
ISTAT number | 084005 | |
Popular name | Burgitani | |
Patron saint | Sant'Antonio Abate | |
Website | Burgio |
Burgio is a city in the municipality consortium Agrigento outdoors in the region Sicily in Italy .
Location and dates
Burgio is 65 km northwest of Agrigento and 100 km south of Palermo . 2586 inhabitants live here (as of December 31, 2019), who mainly work in agriculture.
The neighboring communities are Caltabellotta , Chiusa Sclafani ( PA ), Lucca Sicula , Palazzo Adriano (PA) and Villafranca Sicula .
history
The Arabs built a fort here, around which the community developed. In the Middle Ages, the community received the typical image with narrow streets and winding streets.
Attractions
- The castle was built by the Arabs, taken over by the Normans , has belonged to the Paternò family since 1292 and has been owned by the Peralta family since the 14th century. The fort has a strictly rectangular floor plan.
- The oldest church is Santa Maria di Rifesi , built under the Normans in 1172. Populated in 1188 by monks expelled from the holy land from the monastery of SS. Trinitas de Refech .
- The most important work in the Chiesa Madre , consecrated to Sant 'Antonio Abate , is the Madonna di Trapani by Vincenzo Gaggini from 1566. Orazio Ferraro di Giuliana created the elaborate stucco work . Mention should also be made of a Byzantine icon and a crucifix that was made around 1200.
- Antonello Gagini created a sculpture of the title saint for the Chiesa San Vito in 1522.
- The church, renamed Maria Santissimo del Carmelo by San Sebastian in 1460, houses a statue of “Madonna della Pace” and stucco work from 1760.
- In the Santa Maria della Grazie a sculpture of Santa Anna can be seen, which is ascribed to the Gagginis school. The 17th century cloister adjacent to the church is significant .
- The painting “Seven Sacraments” Zoppo di Gangi is in the Chiesa dei Cappuccini .
- The place houses the only bell foundry in Sicily and one of the few still producing in Italy, the Fonderia Rocco Cacciabaudo .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
Web links
Commons : Burgio - collection of images, videos and audio files