Santa Croce Camerina

Santa Croce Camerina
Country	Italy
region	Sicily
Free community consortium	Ragusa  (RG)
Local name	Santa Cruci (Camarina)
Coordinates	36 ° 49 ′  N , 14 ° 31 ′  E Coordinates: 36 ° 49 ′ 0 ″  N , 14 ° 31 ′ 0 ″  E
height	87  m slm
surface	40.76 km²
Residents	11,030 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	271 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	97017
prefix	0932
ISTAT number	088010
Popular name	Camerinesi
Patron saint	Joseph of Nazareth
Website	Santa Croce Camerina

Punta Secca lighthouse

Santa Croce Camerina is a municipality in Ragusa consortium of municipalities outside in the region of Sicily in Italy with 11,030 inhabitants (December 31, 2019).

Location and dates

Santa Croce Camerina is 26 kilometers southwest of Ragusa . The residents mainly work in agriculture .

The districts are Santa Croce Camerina and Casuzze. The neighboring municipality of Santa Croce Camerina is Ragusa.

history

Santa Croce Camerina was founded in 1598. In the area of ​​today's Santa Croce Camerina was the ancient place Kamarina .

Buildings

In the town

• Marienkirche, which is dedicated to John the Baptist
• Building in the Art Nouveau : Pace Palace, Celestri Palace, Sant 'Elia Palace and Vitale Ciarcia Palace

In the neighborhood

• Ruins of the ancient city of Kamarina with parts of a city wall, a temple of Athena and remains of residential houses
• The municipality part ( fraction ) Punta Secca is located directly on the sea . The 35 meter high lighthouse at Punta Secca was built in 1858/59. The stretch of coast around the lighthouse was used as the location for the filming (by Rai ) of the Commissario Montalbano series by Andrea Camilleri .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.

Web links

Commons : Santa Croce Camerina  - Collection of images, videos and audio files