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Serradifalco
Comune
Comune di Serradifalco
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Serradifalco is located in Italy
Serradifalco
Serradifalco
Location of Serradifalco in Italy
Serradifalco is located in Sicily
Serradifalco
Serradifalco
Serradifalco (Sicily)
Coordinates: 37°27′N 13°53′E / 37.450°N 13.883°E / 37.450; 13.883
CountryItaly
RegionSicily
ProvinceCaltanissetta (CL)
FrazioniGrottadacqua
Government
 • MayorLeonardo Burgio
Area
[1]
 • Total41 km2 (16 sq mi)
Elevation
504 m (1,654 ft)
Population
 (2006)[2]
 • Total6,420
 • Density160/km2 (410/sq mi)
DemonymSerradifalchesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
93010
Dialing code0934
Patron saintSan Leonardo Abate
WebsiteOfficial website

Serradifalco (Sicilian: Serradifarcu) is a town and comune in the province of Caltanissetta, Sicily, Italy.

Serra del Falcone.

History

Serradifalco (from Serra del Falcone, "Mountain of the Falcon") was founded in the Kingdom of Sicily, in a feudal fief which bore the same name since the late 15th century. The town itself was founded in 1640 under permit from King Philip IV of Spain to Maria Ventimiglia, grandmother and governess of Baron Francesco Grifeo, a minor. In 1652, ownership of the Barony and Town passed to the Lo Faso family. In 1666, it became a Duchy under Duke Leonardo Lo Faso, and it remained in control of the House of Lo Faso until the abolition of feudalism in 1812. Its last duke was Domenico Antonio Lo Faso Pietrasanta (1783–1863). His rule was from 1809 through 1812. He was a renowned archaeologist and was instrumental in promulgating the excavation and restoration of the Valley of the Temples in Agrigento.

Sulfur mining, in some of the oldest mines in Sicily, and farming were the most prevalent occupations in Serradifalco after the Italian unification in 1860.

Serradifalco was the site of the first bicycle manufacturer in southern Italy, Montante Cicli, which produces one of the world's elite brands of bicycles.

In the great emigration of Sicilians to the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many Serradifalchesi farm laborers and sulfur miners went to American towns, including Pittston and Robertsdale, where they worked as coal miners; and to Buffalo and its rural environs, where they found employment with the steel plants and railroads, and in the strawberry and corn fields.

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External links

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
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