Lercara Friddi | |
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Comune | |
Comune di Lercara Friddi | |
Coordinates: 37°45′N 13°36′E / 37.750°N 13.600°E | |
Kintra | Italy |
Region | Sicily |
Province | Palermo (PA) |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Gaetano Licata |
Area | |
• Total | 37.3 km2 (14.4 sq mi) |
Elevation | 675 m (2,215 ft) |
Population (Jan. 2008)[1] | |
• Total | 7,099 |
• Density | 190/km2 (490/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Lercaresi |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 90025 |
Diallin code | 091 |
Patron saunt | Holy Mary o Constantinople |
Website | Offeecial 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]