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Partinico
Comune di Partinico
Location of Partinico
Map
CountryItaly
RegionSicily
ProvincePalermo (PA)
FrazioniParrini
Government
 • MayorSalvo Lo Biundo
Area
 • Total
110.32 km2 (42.59 sq mi)
Elevation
175 m (574 ft)
Population
 (December 31, 2004)[2]
 • Total
31,566
 • Density290/km2 (740/sq mi)
DemonymPartinicesi or Partinicoti
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
90047
Dialing code091
Patron saintSt. Leonard of Noblac
Saint dayNovember 6
WebsiteOfficial website

Partinico (Sicilian: Partinicu, Ancient Greek: Parthenikòn) is a town and comune in the province of Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy. It is 30 kilometres (19 mi) from Palermo and 71 kilometres (44 mi) from Trapani.

Main sights

  • Church of San Giuseppe, housing 17th-century paintings.
  • Neo-Classicist Chiosco della Musica.
  • Baroque fountain.
  • Real Cantina Borbonica.

Notable people and places

The paternal side of musician Frank Zappa's family came from the town. The street Via Zammata where the family lived before they emigrated, was renamed to Via Frank Zappa and in 2015 Dweezil Zappa released the album Via Zammata'.[3]

The Italian prime minister Orlando represented Partinico in the Italian Parliament from 1897 until 1925.

The local, family-run, anti-Mafia television station Telejato is based in Partinico.

Partinico in the center of the photo with Borgetto in the foreground

References

  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.
  3. ^ Marin, Marc; Zappa, Dweezil (10 March 2016). "Dweezil Zappa interview, WTF with Marc Maron, Episode 688". WTF. Retrieved 7 April 2016.