Palazzo Adriano

Palazzo Adriano
Country	Italy
region	Sicily
Metropolitan city	Palermo  (PA)
Local name	Palazzu Adrianu / Pallaci ( alb. )
Coordinates	37 ° 41 '  N , 13 ° 23'  E Coordinates: 37 ° 40 '53 "  N , 13 ° 22' 47"  E
height	696  m slm
surface	129 km²
Residents	1,928 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	15 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	90030
prefix	091
ISTAT number	082052
Popular name	Palazzesi
Website	Comune Palazzo Adriano
Piazza Umberto in Palazzo Adriano

Palazzo Adriano is a city in the metropolitan city of Palermo in the Sicily region in Italy with 1928 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

Location and dates

Palazzo Adriano is 98 km south of the provincial capital Palermo . The residents mainly work in agriculture. There is a hospital, a primary and a middle school and two kindergartens.

In addition to various other locations in Sicily, the 1990 Oscar-winning film Cinema Paradiso by Giuseppe Tornatore was shot in Palazzo Adriano , which made the large market square “Piazza Umberto I” world famous. The place is near the nature reserve Monti di Palazzo Adriano & Valle del Sosio .

The neighboring communities are Bivona ( AG ), Burgio (AG), Castronovo di Sicilia , Chiusa Sclafani , Corleone , Lucca Sicula (AG) and Prizzi .

After the rail traffic to Palazzo Adriano was discontinued in 1959, the place can only be reached by road today.

history

Memorial plaque for Albanian immigration in 1482

Albanians settled here in the 15th century . The nobles, clergy, farmers, craftsmen and merchants fled from the Ottomans and are called Arbëresh .

Attractions

• Piazza Umberto I or Piazza Grande, the center of the city
• Dara Palace, now the seat of the town hall
• Santa Maria Assunta Church built between the 15th and 18th centuries
• Santa Maria del Lume church from the 18th century
• Surrounding nature reserve "Monti di Palazzo Adriano & Valle del Sosio"

Web links

Commons : Palazzo Adriano  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the municipality

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Cinema Paradiso (1988) - IMDb. Retrieved July 8, 2020 .