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Aragona
Raona
Comune
Comune di Aragona
Location of the municipality of Aragona in the province of Agrigento
Location of the municipality of Aragona in the province of Agrigento
Location of Aragona
Map
Aragona is located in Italy
Aragona
Aragona
Location of Aragona in Italy
Aragona is located in Sicily
Aragona
Aragona
Aragona (Sicily)
Coordinates: 37°24′07″N 13°37′06″E / 37.40194°N 13.61833°E / 37.40194; 13.61833
CountryItaly
RegionSicily
ProvinceAgrigento (AG)
FrazioniAragona Caldare, Zorba
Government
 • MayorGiuseppe Pendolino
Area
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 • Total74.7 km2 (28.8 sq mi)
Elevation
400 m (1,300 ft)
Population
 (30 April 2017)[2]
 • Total9,411
 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
DemonymAragonesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
92021
Dialing code089
Patron saintMadonna del Rosario
Saint dayOctober 7
WebsiteOfficial website

Aragona (Sicilian: Araùna or Raona) is a commune in the province of Agrigento, Sicily, southern Italy. It is 16 kilometres (10 mi) northeast of Agrigento. It is known mainly for the Macalube natural reserve and for being the Italian municipality with the highest emigration rate.[3]

Geography

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The sulfur mine Mandra, today inactive, is located in the municipality.

Aragona is part of the agricultural region Platani Hills (Italian: Colline del Platani).

Bounding communes are:

History

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Aragona is located on the eastern slopes of the Mount Belvedere at an altitude of 428 m. In the 13th century, the Castello di Barrugeri was built near what is now Aragona, but it no longer exists.[4] The town was founded on 6 January 1606, upon the initiative of lord Baldassare III Naselli, Count of Comiso. He had previously submitted a request for the foundation of a new village in his fiefdom of Diesi during the 49th Extraordinary General Parliament, overseen by the Spanish viceroy Lorenzo Suarez de Figueroa e Cordoba on 2 August 1604, in Messina. On 6 September that year the viceroy ordered an official investigation into the matter, which eventually resulted on 6 January 1606 in the granting of a licentia populandi, i.e. the permission to increase the fief's population. The new village was named after the Count's mother, donna Beatrice Aragona Branciforti.

Culture

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Cinema

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Television

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Televideo Aragona.

Cuisine

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The taganu is a dish cooked with Rigatoni, eggs and tuma (cheese) a typical local fresh, non-salted cheese made from sheep's milk. The name derives from the name of the pot in which it is cooked on the Holy Saturday, to be then consumed on Easter Monday. It is baked for two hours and can be eaten hot or cold. It is accompanied by a white wine.

Another typical dish of the local cuisine is the 'mbriulata, which consists of very thin bread dough filled with olives, caramelized onions, crumbled sausage, oil, salt and pepper. They are then rolled into the form of a bun and placed in the oven for 40 minutes.

Main sights

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In Aragona

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Near Aragona

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People

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Transportation

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There is a railroad station located in Aragona Caldare.

Twin towns

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References

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  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ ISTAT Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Aragona, il paese che emigra va via un abitante su due". Retrieved April 23, 2013.
  4. ^ Cimino, Francesco. "Castello Di Barruggeri". iCastelli.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 5 August 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Riserva naturale Macalube di Aragona – Introduzione" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 28 April 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  6. ^ "'Sono la Lollipop siciliana ma mi piace stare in pigiama'". La Repubblica (in Italian). 14 March 2001. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
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