Vizzini

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Vizzini
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Vizzini (Italy)
Vizzini
Country Italy
region Sicily
Metropolitan city Catania  (CT)
Local name Vizzini
Coordinates 37 ° 10 ′  N , 14 ° 45 ′  E Coordinates: 37 ° 10 ′ 0 ″  N , 14 ° 45 ′ 0 ″  E
height 586  m slm
surface 125 km²
Residents 5,959 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 48 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 95049
prefix 0933
ISTAT number 087054
Popular name Vizzinesi
Patron saint San Gregorio Magno papa
Vizzini
Vizzini

Vizzini is a city of the metropolitan city of Catania in the region of Sicily in Italy with 5959 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

Location and dates

Vizzini is located 65 km southwest of Catania on the southwest slope of Monte Lauro. The inhabitants work mainly in agriculture ( cereals , prickly pears , vegetables and sumac ).

The neighboring municipalities are: Buccheri ( SR ), Francofonte ( SR ), Giarratana ( RG ), Licodia Eubea , Militello in Val di Catania ( RG ) and Mineo .

history

The area of ​​the municipality was already settled in the late Bronze Age. In Roman times the place Bidis was located here. Today's community was built around a castle in the Middle Ages. The castle no longer exists today.

Attractions

  • Palazzo di Citta from the 19th century
  • Palazzo der Verga from the 18th century
  • Parish church from the 15th century, inside beautiful stucco work
  • Giovanni Battista Church from the 18th century
  • Church of the Minori Osservanti with a statue from the 16th century

Town twinning

traffic

The remote Vizzini-Licodia station, which is currently unavailable (2018), is on the Lentini Diramazione – Caltagirone – Gela line . The narrow-gauge Giarratana – Vizzini railway was operated from 1923 to 1949.

See also

Web links

Commons : Vizzini  - 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.