Poggioreale (Sicily)

Poggioreale
Country	Italy
region	Sicily
Free community consortium	Trapani  (TP)
Local name	Poggiuriali / Puggiuriali
Coordinates	37 ° 46 '  N , 13 ° 2'  E Coordinates: 37 ° 46 '0 "  N , 13 ° 2' 0"  E
height	189  m slm
surface	37 km²
Residents	1,454 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	39 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	91020
prefix	0924
ISTAT number	081016
Popular name	Poggiorealesi
Website	Poggioreale

Poggioreale is a municipality in the Free Municipal Consortium Trapani in the region of Sicily in Italy with 1454 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

Location and dates

Poggioreale is 80 km southwest of Palermo . The inhabitants live mainly from agriculture.

The neighboring communities are Contessa Entellina ( PA ), Gibellina , Monreale ( PA ) and Salaparuta .

history

Poggioreale ruins

Excavations near Poggioreale revealed traces of a settlement from the 7th century BC. Proven. The old village was founded in 1642 at an altitude of 393 m in the Gibelliner Mountains. The settlement was destroyed in the earthquake in the Belice valley in 1968 and completely abandoned by the residents. Unlike in neighboring communities such as Salaparuta or Gibellina, the houses had not collapsed completely, so the old village seems to be intact from a distance, but in reality it is a ghost town . For the Palermitan singer-songwriter Pippo Pollina , who lives in Zurich , this ghost town served as a photo backdrop for the CD booklet of the album Il Sole Che Verrà (2017). A few years after the earthquake, the new village was rebuilt a few kilometers down the valley.

Attractions

• Archaeological Museum
• Parish church from 1985

Web links

Commons : Poggioreale  - 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.
2. ^ Photographs by Thomas Deicke
3. ↑ Pippo Pollina: Il Sole Che Verrà (Jazzhaus Records, 2017).