Mineo

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Mineo
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Mineo (Italy)
Mineo
Country Italy
region Sicily
Metropolitan city Catania  (CT)
Local name Minìu / Minèu
Coordinates 37 ° 16 '  N , 14 ° 41'  E Coordinates: 37 ° 16 '0 "  N , 14 ° 41' 0"  E
height 511  m slm
surface 244 km²
Residents 5,251 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density 22 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 95044
prefix 0933
ISTAT number 087027
Popular name Menenini / Mineoli
Patron saint Sant 'Agrippina
View of Mineo

Mineo is a city in the metropolitan city of Catania in the Sicily region in Italy with 5251 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

Location and dates

Mineo is 66 km southwest of Catania . The inhabitants mainly work in agriculture, animal husbandry or the furniture industry.

The neighboring municipalities are Aidone ( EN ), Caltagirone , Grammichele , Licodia Eubea , Militello in Val di Catania , Palagonia , Piazza Armerina ( EN ), Ramacca and Vizzini .

history

Mineo's origins go back to the 5th century BC. BC back. In Arab times the place was expanded into a fortress.

Attractions

The church of Sant'Agrippina originally dates from the 14th century, the interior from the 18th century. Inside there is a nativity scene that dates back to the 18th century. The Church of San Pietro was built in the 17th century. Inside there is a wooden figure of Christ. The church of Santa Maria Maggiore was built in the 11th century, but was reconstructed in the 18th century. Inside there is an organ from the 18th century.

  • Porta Adinolfo

  • Mongialino Castle

Personalities

  • Duketios , a Sikeler leader who lived in the 5th century BC. Who led an uprising against the Greeks came from Mineo.
  • The writer Luigi Capuana was born in Mineo on May 28, 1839 and died in Catania on November 29, 1925. He was a representative of Italian verism . The house where he was born can be visited in Mineo.
  • Alois Ricceri , SDB, Italian Luigi was born on May 8, 1901 in Mineo and died on June 15, 1989 in Castellammare di Stabia. He was an Italian Salesian of Don Bosco and from 1965 to 1977 the seventh superior general of the congregation and thus the sixth successor of Don Bosco.
  • The writer Giuseppe Bonaviri was born on July 11, 1924 in Mineo; He died on March 21, 2009 in Frosinone (Lazio). In 2000 he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

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