Riposto

Riposto
Country	Italy
region	Sicily
Metropolitan city	Catania  (CT)
Local name	(U) Ripostu
Coordinates	37 ° 44 '  N , 15 ° 12'  E Coordinates: 37 ° 44 '0 "  N , 15 ° 12' 0"  E
height	7  m slm
surface	12.9 km²
Residents	14,504 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	1,124 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	95018
prefix	095
ISTAT number	087039
Popular name	Ripostesi
Patron saint	San Pietro
Website	Riposto

Riposto from the port

Riposto is a port city in the metropolitan city of Catania in the Region of Sicily in Italy with 14,504 inhabitants (December 31, 2019). In the long time until the end of the 1990s, when the red wines of Sicily were named not after their place of origin or the grape variety, but after the port from where they were shipped, Riposto was one of them.

Location and dates

Riposto is located 32 km north of Catania directly on the sea. The residents mainly work in agriculture and tourism.

The neighboring municipalities are Acireale , Giarre and Mascali .

history

Originally Riposto and Giarre were districts of the city of Mascali. In 1915 the municipalities of Riposto and Giarre became independent, reunited and in 1945 finally became independent municipalities.

Attractions

The Cathedral of San Pietro was built in the neoclassical style. The town hall was built in 1928. The Palazzo dei Principi Natoli in the Torre Archirafi fraction.

sons and daughters of the town

• Giuseppe Costanzo (* 1933), retired Archbishop of Syracuse
• Franco Battiato (* 1945), Italian musician, painter and director

Web links

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

• Side of Riposto (Italian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Merum magazine 3/07, ISSN  1660-8062