Racalmuto
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Country | Italy | |
region | Sicily | |
Free community consortium | Agrigento (AG) | |
Local name | Racalmutu / Racarmutu / Racammutu / Ragalmutu / Regalmutu / Recalmutu | |
Coordinates | 37 ° 24 ' N , 13 ° 44' E | |
height | 445 m slm | |
surface | 68.33 km² | |
Residents | 7,943 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 116 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 92020 | |
prefix | 0922 | |
ISTAT number | 084029 | |
Popular name | Racalmutesi | |
Patron saint | Maria SS. Del Monte | |
Website | Racalmuto |
Racalmuto is a city in the free municipal consortium of Agrigento on the Italian island of Sicily and thus belongs to the Autonomous Region of Sicily .
Location and dates
Racalmuto is 23 kilometers northeast of Agrigento . The city has 7943 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019), who mainly work in agriculture and rock salt extraction.
The neighboring communities are Bompensiere ( CL ), Canicattì , Castrofilippo , Favara , Grotte , Milena (CL) and Montedoro (CL).
history
The city emerged as an Arab hamlet , the name was Rahl al-mudd. In the 14th century the town grew around the fort.
The inhabitants speak a Sicilian dialect that is very different from the standard Italian language. For example, the translation for the apple in Sicilian is u pumu , whereas in Italian it is la mela .
Attractions
In the town
- the parish church of Maria SS. Annunziata, built in 1620
- the 17th century church of San Giuseppe
- the town hall in the former Santa Chiara monastery
- the church of Santa Maria del Monte
- the bronze statue of the writer Sciascia, a work by the Racalmutesian sculptor Giuseppe Agnello placed on Corso Garibaldi in 1997
- the Teatro Regina Margherita from 1880
In the neighborhood
- The Chiaromonte fort is now outside the village, above the road to Montedoro .
- In the direction of Monteforo there is a necropolis , the so-called Saracen tombs.
Personalities
- Leonardo Sciascia was born in Racalmuto on January 8, 1921 and died in Palermo on November 20, 1989 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.