Menfi

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Menfi
coat of arms
Menfi (Italy)
Menfi
Country Italy
region Sicily
Free community consortium Agrigento  (AG)
Local name Menfi / Mènfici
Coordinates 37 ° 36 ′  N , 12 ° 58 ′  E Coordinates: 37 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  N , 12 ° 58 ′ 0 ″  E
height 109  m slm
surface 114.4 km²
Residents 12,262 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 107 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 92013
prefix 0925
ISTAT number 084023
Popular name Menfitani
Patron saint Sant'Antonio
Website Menfi
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele in Menfi

Menfi is a town in the municipality of Agrigento consortium outdoors in the region Sicily in Italy .

Location and dates

Menfi is located about 55 kilometers northwest of Agrigento , the capital of the Free Community Consortium. The city has 12,262 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019), who are mainly employed in industry, agriculture and knitwear.

Menfi, together with the neighboring communities of Sambuca di Sicilia , Santa Margherita di Belice and Sciacca, forms one of the most important wine-growing regions in Sicily. Since 1995 there has been a controlled designation of origin for quality wine ( Denominazione di origine controllata ) for the municipality's vineyards with the " DOC Menfi " .

Other neighboring communities are Castelvetrano ( TP ) and Montevago .

After the rail traffic to Menfi was discontinued in 1985, the place can only be reached by road today.

history

Menfi originated during the period of Arab domination . It was then called Burgiomilluso . The place was built around a fortress. Frederick II had the destroyed fortress rebuilt, the rest of the place fell apart. In 1698 the place was re-founded by Diego Tagliava Aragona. In 1968 the place was affected by an earthquake .

Attractions

Port facility in the district of Porto Palo
  • The parish church, built in the 18th century, was badly damaged in the 1968 earthquake
  • Castle that was badly damaged in the 1968 earthquake
  • Pignatelli Palace in neoclassical style
  • The winery Settesoli offers guided tours

Daughters and sons of the city

Town twinning

Menfi maintains the following cities twinning :

The town twinning with Ettlingen came about because in the middle of the 20th century many guest workers from the Menfi region came to Ettlingen because they were offered work there. Many of them found a new home there.

Web links

Commons : Menfi  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Menfi  - travel guide

Individual evidence

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