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Located in the
Province:
Agrigento (AG) - Sicily - Italy
Year founded: 1572
Founded by:
Lord
Antonio Corbera
Demographics:
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Inhabitants are called :
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Population :
7,067
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Area :
6.706
hectares,
300 meters above sea-level
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Population Density :
105 people
per square kilometer
Patron Saint:
Feast
Date:
Zip code:
Phone Prefix:
City Hall
Address:
Located
in piazza Matteotti
- Sicily - Italy
Phone Number: (+39) 0925-30200
Fax:
(+39) 0925-31170
Website:
Email Address:
urp@comune.santamargheritadibelice.ag.it
An urban
center hosting modern constructions, Santa Margherita di Belice
boasts a rich cultivation of wheat, grapes, olives, citrus
fruits, and delicious Indian figs, that can be tasted during the
annual Indian Fig Festival, held in the month of October. Cattle
breeding and sheep farms are very developed. The handicraft
production of artistic sculptures and bronze bells are typical.
Originally, the town was simply called Santa Margherita
until 1863, when the appositive "Belice" was then added
due to the nearby homonymous river. The suburb was founded in
1572, by lord Antonio Corbera, above the same land where an
ancient Arab farmhouse used to rise.
Subsequently, the town belonged to the noble Filangieri family,
that beheld it until the abolition of the feudal rights. In
1968, the town was razed to the ground by the terrible
earthquake that devastated the entire Valle del Belice.
Among the
monuments, noteworthy are the Chiesa Madre dated 1700,
and the Palazzo Filangieri with the nearby theater, both
belonging to the XVII century, sole architectural structures
still visible to this day.
Many Mangiaracina families can be traced back to
Santa Margherita di Belice.
We are
continually researching the history of
Santa Margherita di Belice and
will be providing this information as soon as possible.
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