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Comitini

Province of Agrigento, Sicilia (Sicily, Sizilien), Italy

Situated just 15Km from Agrigento, Comitini rises amid hills at over 300m a.s.l., and has a mainly agricultural economy based on the cultivation of grapes, almonds, olive trees and citrus.

INFO: Altitude: 346 m a.s.l -- Population: ca. 900 inhabitants -- Zip/postal code: 92020 -- Phone Area Code: 0922 -- Patron Saint: San Giacomo Maggiore celebrated on 25 July

HISTORY: The little town was founded in 1627 by Gastone Bellacera on a hill named Comitini, which probably also explains the name. In 1673 Michele Gravina was appointed prince of the town. In the 19th century also the extraction of sulfur frum the mines in the territory gave a new impulse to the economy and there was a remarkable population growth.

WHAT TO SEE

the parish church of San Giacomo Maggiore, built in 1675 in the Sicilian Baroque style

two fine palaces, Palazzo Bellacera (construction begun in 1631) and the earlier, 16th-century Palazzo Baronale

the Chiesa della SS.ma Immacolata, with attached monastery

in the vicinity, the ruins of a Roman rural settlement probably dating back to the 1st century AD, formed by several rooms, where pottery items and other fine decorated home tools were found during recent excavations

SURNAMES: [different surnames presently recorded in the phone directory]

(the number after each surname refers to the number of families - no number means one family)

Total different Surnames: 144
ABATE * AIELLO * ALFIERI 3 * AMICO GIANDO 3 * ARCURI * ATTARDO BAIARDO 2 * BAIO * BALDI 4 * BALISTRERI 4 * BATTAGLIA * BELLACCOMO * BELLAVIA * BIANCUCCI 3 * BRUNETTO * BRUNO 3 * BUGEA * BUTERA 3 * CACCIATORE 4 * CACI * CALABRESE * CALLEJA * CALTAGIRONE * CANNISTRARO * CARABINIERI 2 * CARAMAZZA CASTRONOVO 2 * CARECA 3 * CASAVOLO * CASCINO 5 * CASSARO * CAVALERI * CELAURO 2 * CERAULO ALFIERI 10 * CHIARA 2 * CHIARELLI * CIMINO * CINCIMINO * CIRANNI * CIRASA * CIRAULO 4 * COLLURA * CONTINO 6 * COSTANZA * CRAPA * CUCCHIARA * CUFFARO 5 * CURCI * CUSCHERA 2 * CUTAIA 3 * D'ALEO 3 * DI CARLO * DI FRANCESCO * DI FRANCO * DI LIBERTO * DI SCIACCA 2 * DI VINCENZO * DIANA * DILIBERTO * FAIJA 2 * FALZONE * FARRUGGIA * FIORELLO * FORNO * FUTURA * GARGANO * GARLISI 3 * GAZIANO 2 * GENTILUOMO 4 * GENUARDI * GIBILARO * GOLISANO * GRACEFFA * GRADO 3 * GRASSAGLIATA 3 * GRISANTI * IACONO * IANNUZZO 5 * INFANTINO 6 * INFUSO 8 * LA GRECA * LA IACONA * LATTUCA 3 * LICATA 2 * LO MUTO * LORENZANO 3 * MALIGNO * MANGOLINI * MENDOLA * MERTIRI * MESSINA 2 * MICCICHE' * MINNELLA * MISTRETTA 6 * MODICA 2 * MONTANA * MONTEMAGNO * MOSCATO * MULA * NIGRELLI 3 * NOBILE * NOTO 2 * ORLANDO 3 * PALMERI * PANEPINTO * PARCO * PARELLO 3 * PAVONE 2 * PICONE * PINO 3 * PIPARO * PORTA 3 * PRIVITERA * PULETTO * PULIZZI 2 * RANDISI CASSARO 4 * RANERI 23 * RIMI * RIZZO 4 * RIZZO SCHILLACI * RODI * ROSSELLI * RUSSO 5 * RUSSO MANCUSO * SAIEVA 3 * SALA * SALAMONE 3 * SALDI * SALDI' * SALVO * SCIARRATTA 3 * SCIARROTTA * SCICHILONE 5 * SCIFO 6 * SEMINERIO 9 * TERRANA 4 * TERRASI 2 * TERRAZZINO * VACCARELLO 2 * VALENTI 10 * VELLA 2 * VIRCIGLIO DI SCIACCA * VITANZA 2 * VULLO * ZAFFUTO 2 * ZAMMUTO 3 *

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