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INFO:
Altitude: 400 m a.s.l
Population: about 1,000 inhabitants
-- Zip/postal code: 98032 -- Phone Area Code: 0942
-- Patron Saint: Sant'Onofrio Anacoreta
WHAT TO SEE
The Norman abbey of SS. Pietro and Paolo d'Agrò, an Italian national monument, originally a Byzantine abbey, then heavily damaged in the 1169 earthquake and rebuilt in 1172 by the Normans in white stones and black lava rock, one of the most interesting monuments in Sicily and the whole world. It was a medieval place of culture, with a rich library of illuminated manuscripts, now preserved in museums such as the Biblioteca Regionale Universitaria in Messina, the Escorial in Spain and the Vatican Apostolic Library in Rome.
The 17th century church of Sant'Onofrio Anacoreta, in the Baroque style, with a precious silver-wrought statue of the patron, made in 1745 by Giuseppe Aricò from Messina, it seems as a vow to protect the local population from the plague.
The protected area of Piano Vernà a wide forest with luxuriant vegetation and rich fauna, equipped with picnic areas, an ideal destination for trekking itineraries.
126 Different Surnames presently recorded
(the number after the surnames refers to the number of families)
ALBERTI 4 * ALIDO' * ALMA * ALTADONNA 3 * AMATOSI * ARPA * BARBIA * BARONE 2 * BISACCIA * BONGIORNO 2 * BRANCATO 14 * CACCIOLA 2 * CACOPARDO 7 * CALABRO' 2 * CALIRI 2 * CANNAVO' 7 * CAPPA * CARBONE * CARDONE * CARINI * CARLINI * CARNABUCI * CASABLANCA 28 * CASTORINA * CATTONA * CHILLEMI 17 * CICALA * COGLITORE 2 * COMANDARE 2 * CONTI * COSTA 3 * CRISAFULLI 16 * CRUPI * CUGLITORE * CURCURUTO 5 * D'AMICO * D'ANGI * DA GRO * DE CLO' 3 * DE LEA * DECLO' * DI BLASI 3 * DI NATALE 5 * DI PIETRO * DRUENTI 2 * FARINA * FERRARO 7 * FERRO * FINOCCHIO 6 * FLERI * FRAZZICA * GALEPPI * GALLINA * GARUFI 2 * GERANI 2 * GIORGIO * GOTTI * IMPELLIZZERI 2 * INFORMANTE 2 * LA COCE * LA SORTE * LELLO 3 * LIGURIA * LO CONTI 2 * LO GIUDICE 3 * LO RE 7 * LO SCHIAVO 3 * LOMBARDO * LONGO * LUCCHI 2 * MACRI' * MANTARRO * MARRONE * MAZZEO 2 * MEESA 2 * MIANO 10 * MICELI * MINISSALE * MIUCCIO 4 * MORABITO 2 * MOSCHELLA 10 * MURELLI * MURI * MUSCOLINO 9 * NIPO 2 * NOVELLI * OSA 2 * PADIGLIONE * PALELLA 17 * PANTINI * PAULETTO * PINO * PRESSANTE 2 * PRESSANTI * PRINCIPATO 3 * PROTO * PUGLIATTI 3 * PUZOLO * PUZZOLO 2 * QUATTROCCHI * RIGANO 8 * RINOLDO * RIPARARE * SAETTI * SAGLIMBENE 5 * SANTORO 18 * SCARCELLA 2 * SIGILLO 3 * SIGNORINO * SILARO 2 * SILVESTRO 4 * SMIROLDO 3 * SOBRIO * SOMMARIO * SPADARO 7 * STURIALE * SUDELA 3 * TAMA' * TAURINO 2 * TERRANOVA 3 * TOSCANO 3 * TRIMARCHI 2 * TRIOLO 13 * TROVATO 11 * TURIANO 2 * UCCHINO 4
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Region Sicily 
"Knowest thou the land where the lemon trees bloom..."