Palazzo Adriano

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Palazzo Adriano
Comune di Palazzo Adriano
Piazza Umberto I.
Piazza Umberto I.
Coat of arms of Palazzo Adriano
Location of Palazzo Adriano
Map
CountryItaly
RegionSicily
ProvincePalermo (PA)
Government
 • MayorSalvatore Masaracchia
Area
 • Total129 km2 (50 sq mi)
Population
 (31 May 2009)[2]
 • Total2,331
 • Density18/km2 (47/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
90030
Dialing code091
Bourbon Castle.

Palazzo Adriano (Sicilian: Palazzu) is a town and comune in the province of Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy.

History

The first mention of a casale Arianum dates from before 1060 under the reign of the Norman Roger I of Sicily. More reliable is information about the hamlet of Palazzo Adriano reported in a 1243 document. Since 1282, the fiefs land holdings that now constitute the area of Palazzo Adriano saw more than thirty baronies granted leases by the abbots of the monastery of Santa Maria di Fossanova.

Main sights

  • Church of Maria SS. Assunta (16th century), of Byzantine rite
  • Church of Maria SS. del Lume (18th century), of Latin rite
  • Church of Maria SS. del Carmelo (16th century). It has a single nave, with a portal with Corinthian columns.
  • Sanctuary of San Nicola (16th century)
  • Sanctuary of Santa Maria delle Grazie (16th century)
  • Bourbon Castle

Culture

In 1988, Giuseppe Tornatore also chose Palazzo Adriano as the setting for his film Nuovo Cinema Paradiso.

Notable people

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.