Montedoro

Montedoro
Country	Italy
region	Sicily
Free community consortium	Caltanissetta  (CL)
Local name	Muntidoru
Coordinates	37 ° 27 '  N , 13 ° 49'  E Coordinates: 37 ° 27 '20 "  N , 13 ° 49' 0"  E
height	450  m slm
surface	14 km²
Residents	1,462 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	104 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	93010
prefix	0934
ISTAT number	085011
Popular name	Montedoresi

Montedoro

Montedoro is a town in Caltanissetta consortium of municipalities outside the region Sicily in Italy with 1,462 inhabitants (December 31, 2019).

Location and dates

Montedoro is 33 km west of Caltanissetta . The residents mainly work in agriculture. Grains and grapes are grown.

The neighboring communities are Bompensiere , Canicattì ( AG ), Mussomeli , Racalmuto (AG) and Serradifalco .

history

The area of ​​the municipality was already settled in prehistoric times. On Monte Ottavio, an elongated hill bordering the modern city to the east, some rock chamber tombs in the shape typical of the Sicilian Bronze Age ( tombe a forno ) were discovered, but also a Tholos tomb, which may be due to Aegean influences. It has parallels in two Tholos tombs on Monte Campanella near Milena from the 13th / 12th. Century BC BC Relics of a Neolithic settlement were discovered under the remains of what is believed to be a second, collapsed Tholos grave .

Montedoro was founded in 1635 by Diego Aragona Tagliavia.

Attractions

• Parish church, built in the baroque style, expanded in the 18th century

Personalities

• Rosario Bufalino (1903-1994), Mafioso
• Angelo Rizzo (1926–2009), Bishop of Ragusa
• Salvatore Paruzzo (* 1945), Bishop of Ourinhos

Web links

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

• Official site of Montedoro (Italian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ On the prehistoric finds on Monte Ottavio: Serafino Mantione: Tombe del tipo a "Tholos" su Monte Ottavio