Scicli

Scicli
Country	Italy
region	Sicily
Free community consortium	Ragusa (RG)
Local name	Scicli / Scìchili
Coordinates	36 ° 47 ' N , 14 ° 42' E Coordinates: 36 ° 47 '0 " N , 14 ° 42' 0" E
height	108 m slm
surface	137.57 km²
Residents	26,837 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	195 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	97018
prefix	0932
ISTAT number	088011
Popular name	Sciclitani
Patron saint	Madonna delle Milizie
Website	Scicli

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Sciclis district of Donnalucata

Scicli [ ˈʃiːkli ] is an Italian municipality in the Ragusa Free Community Consortium in the autonomous region of Sicily with 26,837 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). Scicli is one of the late baroque towns of the Val di Noto that has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Situation and facts

The city lies at an altitude of 106 m slm and 25 km south of Ragusa . The districts are Donnalucata, Scicli, Sampieri and Cava d'Aliga. The neighboring municipalities are Modica and Ragusa.

history

The place was founded by the Sikels . In the Middle Ages it came under Arab rule until it developed into a royal city under the Normans . Under Frederick II , the city was owned by the Counts of Modica. In 1693 the city was destroyed by an earthquake, like the entire Val di Noto . It was then rebuilt in the Sicilian Baroque style.

economy

The main industry is agriculture . Fruit and vegetables are grown on a large scale , including in greenhouses . Scicli there are chemical industries , the plastics and insecticides produce.

Attractions

Piazza Italia, the largest square in the city, with the Cathedral of San Ignazio
Piazza Busacca (or Piazza Carmine ), with a monument to Benedetto Civiletti and the Carmine Church
Piazza Municipio, with the town hall and the bandstand
Via Francesco Mormino Penna, the baroque street, under UNESCO protection
Former S. Matteo Cathedral, the city's landmark
Santa Maria La Nova church with a classical facade
San Bartolomeo Church, consecrated in 1763
Baroque buildings like the City Palace, the Palazzo Spadaro, the Palazzo Fava and the Palazzo Beneventano with baroque balconies

Madonna del Carmine
town hall
Former church of San Matteo
Santa Maria La Nova Church
San Bartolomeo Church
Palazzo Beneventano

Events

In March the “Ride of San Giuseppe”, a torchlight procession, takes place.
In May there is the "Feast of the Madonna delle Milizie", a costume festival in honor of the Madonna delle Milizie, which commemorates the battle of the Saracens and the Normans.

Trivia

The town hall ( Palazzo di Città , also called Municipio ) on Piazza Municipio, built in the early years of the 20th century in the neo-renaissance style, is used in the film adaptations of the Montalbano crime novels by Andrea Camilleri as the office of Commissioner Salvo Montalbano .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
↑ Andreas Rossmann : Read and see Sicily. The writer Andrea Camilleri turns ninety . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of September 5, 2015, p. 14.

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

[2] Andreas Rossmann : Read and see Sicily. The writer Andrea Camilleri turns ninety . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of September 5, 2015, p. 14.