Santa Maria di Licodia

Santa Maria di Licodia
Santa Maria di Licodia
	Comune
	Comune di Santa Maria di Licodia
	Tower of Palazzo Bruno
	Location of Santa Maria di Licodia
	Santa Maria di Licodia Location of Santa Maria di Licodia in Italy Santa Maria di Licodia Santa Maria di Licodia (Sicily)
	Coordinates: 37°37′N 14°54′E
Country	Italy
Region	Sicily
Metropolitan city	Catania (CT)
Frazioni	Schettino
Government
• Mayor	Salvatore Carmelo Mastroianni
Area [1]
• Total	26.28 km2 (10.15 sq mi)
Elevation	442 m (1,450 ft)
Population (2018-01-01)[2]
• Total	7,600
• Density	290/km2 (750/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	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 (Sicilian: Santa Marìa di Licuddìa ) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Catania, eastern Sicily, southern Italy.

History

Santa Maria di Lodia 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 BCE, which absorbed or incorporated an already existing Sicel town named Inessa.

Main sights

Chiesa Madre (Mother Church). Of the original medieval building, a bell tower has remained
Cherubim Fountain (1757)
CAsina del Cavaliere, a Benedictine convent of medieval origin, outside the town.

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.

Twin towns

Rabat, Malta
Pisano Eteno, a frazione of Zafferana Etnea, Italy
San Giuseppe di Ognina, Catania, Italy

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References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Santa Maria di Licodia". Encyclopædia Britannica. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 189.

"Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Istat. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
"Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Istat. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

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[wikidata-16139ca327c50d72c40d8c5fd3abe706b989650e-v3-1] "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Istat. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

[wikidata-6c4193b2686f905553042f4ae1ae4934aea078c8-v3-2] "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Istat. Retrieved 16 March 2019.