Santa Venerina

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Santa Venerina
coat of arms
Santa Venerina (Italy)
Santa Venerina
Country Italy
region Sicily
Metropolitan city Catania  (CT)
Local name Santa Vi (n) nirina
Coordinates 37 ° 41 ′  N , 15 ° 8 ′  E Coordinates: 37 ° 41 ′ 0 ″  N , 15 ° 8 ′ 0 ″  E
height 337  m slm
surface 18 km²
Residents 8,547 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density 475 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 95010
prefix 095
ISTAT number 087048
Popular name Santavenerinesi
View of Santa Venerina

Santa Venerina is a town and municipality of the Metropolitan city of Catania in the Region of Sicily in Italy with 8547 inhabitants (December 31, 2019).

Location and dates

Santa Venerina is located 31 kilometers north of Catania on the eastern slope of Mount Etna . The inhabitants work mainly in agriculture and in the production of spirits , including liqueurs .

The neighboring communities are Acireale , Giarre and Zafferana Etnea .

history

The discovery of some gold and silver coins have shown that the place was already inhabited in Roman times. The Church of Santo Stefano was built in the Byzantine era with a three-choir system. Under the rule of the Normans (1064 to 1194) the monks of the Benedictine order came to Santa Venerina. The name Santa Venerina is attested from documents from the 14th century.

Attractions

  • Parish church of Santa Venera consecrated in 1749. In 1754 the church was enlarged with four side chapels. The painter Alessandro Vasta from Acireale made the frescoes in this church. The church tower fell victim to the subsequent earthquakes and is now made of concrete and steel.
  • Church del Sacro Cuore (Holy Heart), built in the classical style between 1875 and 1878 by Giovanni Privitera

  • Chiesa Madre Santa Venera

  • Chiesa del Sacro Cuore (2000)

  • Sacro Cuore after the 2002 earthquake

  • Santo Stefano in Dagala del Re

  • Chiesa Immacolata in Dagala del Re

  • Chiesa Maria Santissima in Linera

In the localities belonging to Santa Venerina

  • Remains of the Church of Santo Stefano, built byzantine and expanded between the 6th and 9th centuries, in the Dagala del Re fraction
  • The place Dagala del Re was created in the 13th century. The parish church of Immacolata Concezione was built in 1843.
  • The place Bongiardo was founded in 1723, and has the church of S. Maria del Carmelo and delle Anime Purganti as sights.
  • In the village of Monacella, the church of Monacella Immacolata Concezione was consecrated in 1788.

Web links

Commons : Santa Venerina  - 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.