Ispica

Ispica
Country	Italy
region	Sicily
Free community consortium	Ragusa (RG)
Local name	Spaccafurnu
Coordinates	36 ° 47 ' N , 14 ° 55' E Coordinates: 36 ° 47 '6 " N , 14 ° 54' 33" E
height	170 m slm
surface	113.5 km²
Residents	16,334 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	144 inhabitants / km²
Factions	S. Maria del Focallo, Marza
Post Code	97014
prefix	0932
ISTAT number	088005
Popular name	Ispicesi
Patron saint	Madonna del Carmelo
Website	Ispica

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Ispica is an Italian municipality in the Ragusa municipality in the autonomous region of Sicily with 16,334 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

Location and dates

Ispica is located 35 kilometers southwest of Ragusa on the Ispica River on an area of 113.5 km². The inhabitants work mainly in agriculture and in the food processing industry in canning factories.

Ispica is on the Canicattì – Syracuse railway line .

The neighboring municipalities are Modica , Noto ( SR ), Pachino (SR), Pozzallo and Rosolini (SR).

history

The area around Ispica was already inhabited by people in prehistoric times. This testifies u. a. the Tomba del Principe in a Bronze Age necropolis in the Cava d'Ispica . In the Middle Ages there was a place that the Normans expanded. The city was destroyed by an earthquake in 1693 and rebuilt on the same site. Until 1935 the city was called Spaccaforno.

Attractions

Cava d'Ispica

In Ispica

Church of Santa Maria Maggiore by Vincenzo Sinatra with a remarkable main altar and frescoes by Vito D'Anna
18th century Cathedral of San Bartolomeo with double stairs from Piazza Maria Jose
Annunziata Church in the square of the same name, built at the beginning of the 18th century, with beautiful stucco work
Bruno Belmonte Palace, the Art Nouveau town hall built by Ernesto Basile