Aragona

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Commune in Sicily, Italy

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::summary Commune in Sicily, Italy ::

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FieldValue
nameAragona
official_nameComune di Aragona
native_nameRaona
image_skylineAragona AG panorama.jpg
image_shieldAragona-Stemma.png
image_mapMap_of_comune_of_Aragona_(province_of_Agrigento,_region_Sicily,_Italy).svg
map_captionLocation of the municipality of Aragona in the province of Agrigento
coordinates
regionSicily
provinceAgrigento (AG)
frazioniAragona Caldare, Zorba
mayorGiuseppe Pendolino
area_total_km274.7
population_total9411
population_as_of30 April 2017
population_footnotes
population_demonymAragonesi
elevation_m400
saintMadonna del Rosario
dayOctober 7
postal_code92021
area_code089
website
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Aragona ( or Raona) is a commune in the province of Agrigento, Sicily, southern Italy. It is 16 km northeast of Agrigento. It is known mainly for the Macalube natural reserve and for being the Italian municipality with the highest emigration rate.

Geography

The sulfur mine Mandra, today inactive, is located in the municipality.

Aragona is part of the agricultural region Platani Hills ().

Bounding communes are:

History

Aragona is located on the eastern slopes of the Mount Belvedere at an altitude of 428 m. In the 13th century, the Castello di Barrugeri was built near what is now Aragona, but it no longer exists. The town was founded on 6 January 1606, upon the initiative of lord Baldassare III Naselli, Count of Comiso. He had previously submitted a request for the foundation of a new village in his fiefdom of Diesi during the 49th Extraordinary General Parliament, overseen by the Spanish viceroy Lorenzo Suarez de Figueroa e Cordoba on 2 August 1604, in Messina. On 6 September that year the viceroy ordered an official investigation into the matter, which eventually resulted on 6 January 1606 in the granting of a licentia populandi, i.e. the permission to increase the fief's population. The new village was named after the Count's mother, donna Beatrice Aragona Branciforti.

Culture

Cinema

Television

Televideo Aragona.

Cuisine

The taganu is a dish cooked with Rigatoni, eggs and tuma (cheese) a typical local fresh, non-salted cheese made from sheep's milk. The name derives from the name of the pot in which it is cooked on the Holy Saturday, to be then consumed on Easter Monday. It is baked for two hours and can be eaten hot or cold. It is accompanied by a white wine.

Another typical dish of the local cuisine is the 'mbriulata, which consists of very thin bread dough filled with olives, caramelized onions, crumbled sausage, oil, salt and pepper. They are then rolled into the form of a bun and placed in the oven for 40 minutes.

Main sights

In Aragona

  • The 17th century Prince Palace in Piazza Umberto I. The City Hall was located there before it moved to its current location in via Roma 161, Aragona's central street.
  • The Church of the Rosario in piazza Umberto I, built in 1689.
  • The Mother Church of Nostra Signora dei Tre Re (Our Lady of the Three Kings) in piazza Matrice, built in 1606.

Near Aragona

  • The Natural Reserve Macalube of Aragona (singular macaluba, from Arabic مقلوبة maqlūbah, '(a land) that turns over', from the verb قلب qalaba 'to turn over, turn upside down, invert') is the site of a particular and rare phenomenon of sedimentary volcanism. It is located 4 km SO of Aragona and 15 km North of Agrigento. The reserve proper extends over 93 ha and only research activities or authorized guided tours can be performed there. A buffer area of 163 ha surrounds the reserve and it is open to visitors.
  • Archeological remains of a Roman Villa in contrada Fontanazza.
  • The Salto D’Angio Tower, 5 km north of Aragona, which also offer a panoramic view of the surrounding area.

People

Transportation

There is a railroad station located in Aragona Caldare.

Twin towns

References

References

  1. [http://demo.istat.it/bilmens2011gen/index02.html ISTAT] {{webarchive. link. (March 3, 2016)
  2. "Aragona, il paese che emigra va via un abitante su due".
  3. "Castello Di Barruggeri".
  4. "Riserva naturale Macalube di Aragona {{ndash}} Introduzione".
  5. (14 March 2001). "'Sono la Lollipop siciliana ma mi piace stare in pigiama'". [[La Repubblica]].

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