Lercara Friddi
Lercara Friddi is a comune (municipality) in the Province o Palermo in the Italian region Sicily, locatit aboot 45 kilometre (28 mi) sootheast o Palermo.
Lercara Friddi | |
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| Comune di Lercara Friddi | |
 Coat airms | |
  Lercara Friddi Location o Lercara Friddi in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 37°45′N 13°36′E / 37.750°N 13.600°E | |
| Kintra | Italy |
| Region | Sicily |
| Province | Palermo (PA) |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Gaetano Licata |
| Area | |
| • Total | 37.3 km2 (14.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 675 m (2,215 ft) |
| Population (Jan. 2008)[1] | |
| • Total | 7,099 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (490/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Lercaresi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 90025 |
| Diallin code | 091 |
| Patron saunt | Holy Mary o Constantinople |
| Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
Foondit in 1595 by local feudataries, it is on the slopes o Madore Hill, atween the valleys o Fiumetorto an Platani rivers. In the past it wis a important minin centre, the anerly ane in the province o Palermo whaur sulphur wis excavatit.
On 25 Dizember 1893, eleiven fowk wur killed in the Lercara Friddi massacre durin the Fasci Siciliani uprisin efter a rally o peasants an sulphur miners that asked for the abolition o taxes an better wirkin condeetions.[2]
References
eedit- ↑ Aw demographics an ither statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
- ↑ (in Italian) Natale 1893, la strage di Lercara Archived 2013-12-11 at the Wayback Machine, La Sicilia, December 31, 2010