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091. Patron saint. St. Leonard of Noblac. Saint day. November 6. Website. Official website. Partinico ( Sicilian: Partinicu, Ancient Greek: Parthenikòn, Παρθενικόν) is a city/town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy. It is 30 kilometres (19 mi) from Palermo and 71 kilometres (44 mi) from Trapani .
Bronte ( Arbëreshë Albanian: Brontë) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Catania, in Sicily, southern Italy. The town is situated approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) west-northwest from Mount Etna, on the side of the valley of the Simeto river, and about 32 kilometres (20 mi) west from Giarre and Sicily's eastern coast.
The Kingdom was founded in 1130 by Roger II, belonging to the Siculo-Norman family of Hauteville. During this period, Sicily was prosperous and politically powerful, becoming one of the wealthiest states in all of Europe. [1] As a result of the dynastic succession, the Kingdom passed into the hands of the Hohenstaufen.
Taormina (UK: / ˌ t ɑː ɔːr ˈ m iː n ə / TAH-or-MEE-nə, US: /-n ɑː /-nah, also / t aʊər ˈ-/, Italian: [ta.orˈmiːna]; Sicilian: Taurmina) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina, on the east coast of the island of Sicily, Italy. Taormina has been a tourist destination since the 19th century.
Sciacca ( Italian and Sicilian: [ˈʃakka]; Greek: Θέρμαι; Latin: Thermae Selinuntinae, Thermae Selinuntiae, Thermae, Aquae Labrodes and Aquae Labodes) is a town and comune in the province of Agrigento on the southwestern coast of Sicily, southern Italy. It has views of the Mediterranean Sea .
Barrafranca ( Latin: Convicinum, Calloniana [3]) is a comune and city in Sicily, southern Italy in the Province of Enna . A Roman fortification known as Calloniana, in 1529 it was founded by Pietro Barresi, Prince of Pietraperzia, and took the current name from the Barresi family. Pietro was the first Marquis of Barrafranca.
Modica ( Italian: [ˈmɔːdika]; Sicilian: Muòrica) is a city and comune of 54,456 inhabitants in the Province of Ragusa, Sicily, southern Italy. The city is situated in the Hyblaean Mountains . Modica has neolithic origins and it represents the historical capital of the area which today almost corresponds to the Province of Ragusa.
