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Commune in Sicily, Italy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aragona (Sicilian: Araùna or Raona) is a commune in the province of Agrigento, Sicily, southern Italy. It is 16 kilometres (10 mi) northeast of Agrigento. It is known mainly for the Macalube natural reserve and for being the Italian municipality with the highest emigration rate.[3]
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Aragona
Raona | |
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Comune di Aragona | |
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![]() Location of the municipality of Aragona in the province of Agrigento | |
Coordinates: 37°24′07″N 13°37′06″E | |
Country | Italy |
Region | Sicily |
Province | Agrigento (AG) |
Frazioni | Aragona Caldare, Zorba |
Government | |
• Mayor | Giuseppe Pendolino |
Area | |
• Total | 74.7 km2 (28.8 sq mi) |
Elevation | 400 m (1,300 ft) |
Population (30 April 2017)[2] | |
• Total | 9,411 |
• Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
Demonym | Aragonesi |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 92021 |
Dialing code | 089 |
Patron saint | Madonna del Rosario |
Saint day | October 7 |
Website | Official website |
The sulfur mine Mandra, today inactive, is located in the municipality.
Aragona is part of the agricultural region Platani Hills (Italian: Colline del Platani).
Bounding communes are:
Aragona is located on the eastern slopes of the Mount Belvedere at an altitude of 428 m. In the 13th century, the Castello di Barrugeri was built near what is now Aragona, but it no longer exists.[4] The town was founded on 6 January 1606, upon the initiative of lord Baldassare III Naselli, Count of Comiso. He had previously submitted a request for the foundation of a new village in his fiefdom of Diesi during the 49th Extraordinary General Parliament, overseen by the Spanish viceroy Lorenzo Suarez de Figueroa e Cordoba on 2 August 1604, in Messina. On 6 September that year the viceroy ordered an official investigation into the matter, which eventually resulted on 6 January 1606 in the granting of a licentia populandi, i.e. the permission to increase the fief's population. The new village was named after the Count's mother, donna Beatrice Aragona Branciforti.
Televideo Aragona.
The taganu is a dish cooked with Rigatoni, eggs and tuma (cheese) a typical local fresh, non-salted cheese made from sheep's milk. The name derives from the name of the pot in which it is cooked on the Holy Saturday, to be then consumed on Easter Monday. It is baked for two hours and can be eaten hot or cold. It is accompanied by a white wine.
Another typical dish of the local cuisine is the 'mbriulata, which consists of very thin bread dough filled with olives, caramelized onions, crumbled sausage, oil, salt and pepper. They are then rolled into the form of a bun and placed in the oven for 40 minutes.
There is a railroad station located in Aragona Caldare.