Militello in Val di Catania
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Country | Italy | |
region | Sicily | |
Metropolitan city | Catania (CT) | |
Local name | Milited you | |
Coordinates | 37 ° 17 ' N , 14 ° 47' E | |
height | 413 m slm | |
surface | 62 km² | |
Residents | 7,062 (Dec 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 114 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 95043 | |
prefix | 095 | |
ISTAT number | 087025 | |
Popular name | Militellesi | |
Patron saint | Most Holy Redeemer and Mary (mother of Jesus) | |
Website | Militello in Val di Catania |
Militello in Val di Catania or Sicilian Militeddu in Val di Catania is a municipality with 7062 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the metropolitan city of Catania in the region of Sicily in Italy . The place is one of the late baroque towns of the Val di Noto , which has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Location and dates
Militello in Val di Catania is 51 km southwest of Catania on the north side of the Monti Iblei . The inhabitants live mainly from agriculture and animal husbandry.
The neighboring municipalities are Francofonte ( SR ), Lentini (SR), Mineo , Palagonia , Scordia and Vizzini .
history
Militello was founded in Byzantine times . In 1693 the place was destroyed by an earthquake and rebuilt in the same place in the style of the Sicilian Baroque .
Attractions
- Parish Church of San Nicolò e SS. Salvatore
- Museo di San Nicolò
- Santa Maria della Stella church
- San Benedetto Church
- Church of San Francesco di Assisi
- Santa Maria La Vetere Church
- Church of Sant 'Antonio di Padova
- Oratory of Santa Maria della Catena
- Palazzo Baldanza
Santa Maria della Stella, sarcophagus Blasco II. Barresi
sons and daughters of the town
- Pietro Carrera (1573–1647), chess player
- Pippo Baudo (* 1936), entertainer and presenter
- Sebastiano Musumeci (* 1955), politician
- Cettina Vicenzino, German-Italian artist and cookbook author
Web links
- Site of the municipality of Militello in Val di Catania (Italian)
- militello.info (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.