Polizzi Generosa
Comune
Comune di Polizzi Generosa
Polizzi Generosa Location o Polizzi Generosa in Italy
Coordinates: 37°48′N 13°59′E / 37.800°N 13.983°E / 37.800; 13.983
Kintra	Italy
Region	Sicily
Province	Palermo (PA)
Govrenment
• Mayor	Salvatore Glorioso (syne 27 Mey 2003)
Area
• Total	134.33 km2 (51.87 sq mi)
Elevation	917 m (3,009 ft)
Population  (December 31, 2004)
• Total	4,530
• Density	34/km2 (87/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Polizzani
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	90028
Diallin code	0921
Patron saunt	San Gandolfo
Website	Offeecial wabsteid

Polizzi Generosa (Sicilian: Pulizzi) is a toun an comune (population 4,530) in the Province o Palermo on the island o Sicily, soothren Italy. The toun sits in the hills at 917 metre (3,009 ft) abuin sea level.

History

The steid o Polizzi haes traces o human presence syne the 6t hunderyear BC, airchaeological fyndins includin coins frae Himera, Carthaginian remains an a Hellenistic necropolis. In the 4t hunderyear it wis a Carthaginian fortress occupied bi mercenars frae Campanie.

The toun probably developit as a population centre in the late Middle Ages, growin aroond the castle built bi the Norman Coont o Sicily Roger I in 1076.

Notable fowk

Fowk wi connections tae Polizzi Generosa include:

• Film directors Martin Scorsese an Antonia Scarpa as well as character actor Vincent Schiavelli, came frae the toun. Schiavelli wis a food an ceukbeuk writer who wrote aboot Polizzi Generosa an his ruits in Many Beautiful Things: Stories and Recipes from Polizzi Generosa an aw.^[1] He wis also buried thare when he dee'd.
• The writer, jurnalist an leeterar critic Giuseppe Antonio Borgese oreeginally came frae the toun.
• Fashion designer Domenico Dolce, ane hauf o the Dolce & Gabbana clothin company, wis born in the toun.
• Catholic cardinal Mariano Rampolla wis born in Polizzi Generosa.
• Valentina Tereshkova, the first wumman tae flee in space, wis awairdit honorar ceetizenship o Polizzi Generosa.

Gallery

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  Hermitage o San Gandolfo
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  The kirk durin San Gandolfo festival