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INFO:
Altitude: 52 m a.s.l
Population: about 530 inhabitants
-- Zip/postal code: 98040 -- Phone Area Code: 090 -- Patron Saint: San Vito
HISTORY:
It was founded in the Middle Ages and was under a number of different feudal lords, among them the Isolda from Scala and the Castagna, then in 1421 Alphonse of Aragon granted the fiefdom to the Bonfiglio families, and finally in 1743 was given to Federico di Napoli.
WHAT TO SEE
The 14th-century parish church of the Madonna del Tindari.
The ruins of the ancient monastery of the Paolotti monks
Different Surnames presently recorded
(the number after the surnames refers to the number of families) total 85 surnames
ALESSI SGRO' * AMORE * BARNA * BASILE 5 * BONANNO 5 * BONARRIGO 6 * BONGIOVANNI 14 * BRATTONI * BUCCA 2 * CALDERONE * CALOGERO 6 * CARAUDDO 2 * CATALANO * CATANESE * CERTO GERACI * COLANTONIO * COLOSI 2 * CORSO 2 * CURRO' MANCUSO * DARIO * DE GREGORIO MAGAZZU' * DE LUCA * DE SALVO * DI GIUSEPPE * DI STEFANO * DONATO RUNCIO * DONIA 2 * DUCA 3 * ERCOLANI * FEDERICO 3 * FICARRA 2 * FIORELLO 2 * FURNARI 2 * GALLO 2 * GERACI 6 * GIORGIANNI 2 * GIUNTA 5 * GRIMALDI * IMPALA' 2 * IMPALLOMENI * ISAIA 4 * ISGRO' 5 * ITALIANO * LA SPADA * LAQUIDARA * LIPARI * LUCA * MAGAZZU' 5 * MAGGIO 3 * MAIOLINO 7 * MAIORANA 3 * MAISANO * MANCUSO 2 * MANGANO * MARRA 3 * MAZZAGLIA * MILICIA 6 * MINNITI * MINUTI 2 * MINUTOLI 5 * MOLLURA * MORABITO SAIA * MUNAFO' * NAPOLI * NASTASI 3 * PAGANO * PARISI 4 * PENNA 2 * PERGOLIZZI * PETALI * PITALE FICARRA * PITRONE 3 * POLLINO 4 * POZZI * PREVITI GERACI 2 * PULEIO * RIZZO BONARRIGO 10 * RUGGERI 2 * RUSSO CALDERONE 3 * SCATTAREGGIA 2 * SCHEPIS 4 * SCHEPISI BASILE 4 * SGRO' 2 * STROZZI * VALORE
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Region Sicily 
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