Santa Maria di Licodia (Sicilian: Santa Marìa di Licuddìa ) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Catania, eastern Sicily, southern Italy.
Santa Maria di Licodia | |
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Comune di Santa Maria di Licodia | |
Coordinates: 37°37′N 14°54′E / 37.617°N 14.900°E | |
Country | Italy |
Region | Sicily |
Metropolitan city | Catania (CT) |
Frazioni | Schettino |
Government | |
• Mayor | Salvatore Carmelo Mastroianni |
Area | |
• Total | 26.28 km2 (10.15 sq mi) |
Elevation | 442 m (1,450 ft) |
Population (2018-01-01) | |
• Total | 7,600 |
• Density | 290/km2 (750/sq mi) |
Demonym | Licodiesi or Licodesi |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 95038 |
Dialing code | 095 |
Patron saint | St. Joseph |
Saint day | Last Sunday in August |
Website | Official website |
Santa Maria di Licodia occupies traditionally the site of the ancient Aetna, a settlement founded by the colonists whom Hiero I of Syracuse had placed at Catania after their expulsion by the original inhabitants in 461 BC, which absorbed or incorporated an already existing Sicel town named Inessa.
This section is written like a travel guide. (January 2022) |
A large hoard of coins was found also outside Santa Maria di Licodia in 1891.
In the nearby district of Civita is a large elliptical area, enclosed by a wall of masses of lava, which is about 8.5 metres (28 ft) wide at the base and 3 metres (10 ft) high. The ground is covered with fragments of tiles and pottery of the classical period, and it is probably a hastily built encampment of historic times rather than a primitive fortification, as there are no prehistoric traces.
public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Santa Maria di Licodia". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 189.
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