Lercara Friddi

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Lercara Friddi
Comune di Lercara Friddi
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Lercara Friddi is located in Italy
Lercara Friddi
Lercara Friddi
Location o Lercara Friddi in Italy
Coordinates: 37°45′N 13°36′E / 37.750°N 13.600°E / 37.750; 13.600
KintraItaly
RegionSicily
ProvincePalermo (PA)
Govrenment
 • MayorGaetano Licata
Area
 • Total37.3 km2 (14.4 sq mi)
Elevation
675 m (2,215 ft)
Population
 (Jan. 2008)[1]
 • Total7,099
 • Density190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Lercaresi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
90025
Diallin code091
Patron sauntHoly Mary o Constantinople
WebsiteOffeecial wabsteid

Lercara Friddi is a comune (municipality) in the Province o Palermo in the Italian region Sicily, locatit aboot 45 kilometre (28 mi) sootheast o Palermo.

Foondit in 1595 by local feudataries, it is on the slopes o Madore Hill, atween the valleys o Fiumetorto an Platani rivers. In the past it wis a important minin centre, the anerly ane in the province o Palermo whaur sulphur wis excavatit.

On 25 Dizember 1893, eleiven fowk wur killed in the Lercara Friddi massacre durin the Fasci Siciliani uprisin efter a rally o peasants an sulphur miners that asked for the abolition o taxes an better wirkin condeetions.[2]

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  1. Aw demographics an ither statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  2. (in Italian) Natale 1893, la strage di Lercara Archived 2013-12-11 at the Wayback Machine, La Sicilia, December 31, 2010

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