Comiso

Comiso
Country	Italy
region	Sicily
Free community consortium	Ragusa  (RG)
Local name	Còmmisu / U Còmisu
Coordinates	36 ° 57 '  N , 14 ° 36'  E Coordinates: 36 ° 57 '0 "  N , 14 ° 36' 0"  E
height	209  m slm
surface	64.93 km²
Residents	31,107 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	479 inhabitants / km²
Factions	Pedalino e Quaglio
Post Code	97013
prefix	0932
ISTAT number	088003
Popular name	Comisani
Patron saint	San Biagio
Website	Comiso

Comiso is a municipality in Ragusa consortium of municipalities outside the region Sicily in Italy with 31,107 inhabitants (December 31, 2019).

Location and dates

Chiesa Madre

Comiso is 22 kilometers west of Ragusa in southern Sicily. The inhabitants work mainly in agriculture (wine and vegetables) and in handicrafts (blacksmithing, carpentry and marble processing).

The districts are Comiso, Pedalino and Quaglio.

The neighboring municipalities are Chiaramonte Gulfi , Ragusa and Vittoria .

Comiso has a train station on the Canicattì – Syracuse railway line .

history

In ancient times Comiso ( Greek Kasmenai ) was a Greek colony . The city was founded in 642 BC. Founded by Syracusans , 212 BC. BC it was destroyed by the Romans . In 1693 the city was badly damaged in an earthquake . Comiso was rebuilt in the same place. From 1983 NATO stationed cruise missiles at what is now Comiso Airport , which were later withdrawn as a result of the INF treaty .

Buildings

Diana fountain

• Thermal bath , it is from Roman times, there are still remains of mosaics from the 2nd century AD
• St. Mary's Church from the 15th century, badly damaged in the earthquake in 1693, during the reconstruction the structure of the church was changed significantly
• San Filippo Neri Church from the 16th century
• Church of San Francesco, built in the 13th century, a monastery was added in the 15th century
• Annunziata church from the 16th century, rebuilt between 1772 and 1773 and given a baroque facade.
• Naselli castle from Byzantine times

sons and daughters of the town

• Biagio Pace (1889–1955), classical archaeologist
• Gesualdo Bufalino (1920–1996), writer and novelist
• Salvatore Adamo (* 1943), musician, songwriter and pop singer
• Cristina Scuccia (* 1988), religious and singer

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.

Web links

Commons : Comiso  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the Comiso municipality