Aidone (
Gallo-Italic of Sicily
, states = Northwest Italy
, region = Central and eastern Sicily
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: ''Aidungh'' or ''Dadungh''; scn, Aiduni) is a town and ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' in the
province of Enna
Enna ( it, Provincia di Enna; sicilian language, Sicilian: ''Pruvincia di Enna''; officially ''Libero consorzio comunale di Enna'') is a Provinces of Italy, province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy.
It was created in 1927, out ...
, in region of
Sicily
(man) it, Siciliana (woman)
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in southern
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
. The extensive
archaeological site of
Morgantina
Morgantina (Μοργάντιον / Μοργαντίνη in ancient greek) is an archaeological site in east central Sicily, southern Italy. It is sixty kilometres from the coast of the Ionian Sea, in the province of Enna. The closest modern ...
is on a ridge close to the town.
There are a variety of etymologies proposed for the name of the town. One suggests putatively derives from the Arabic ''Ay dun'' meaning ''mountain of water''.
Dizionario geografico dei comuni della Sicilia e delle frazioni comunali
by Giuseppe di Vita; Editor: F Pravata, Palermo; 1906; page 10.
See also
* Lombards of Sicily
The Lombards of Sicily ( it, Lombardi di Sicilia) are an ethnolinguistic minority living in Sicily, southern Italy, speaking an isolated variety of Gallo-Italic languages, the so-called Gallo-Italic of Sicily.
History
The origins of these comm ...
* Ottavio Profeta
Main sights
* Archaeological site of Morgantina
Morgantina (Μοργάντιον / Μοργαντίνη in ancient greek) is an archaeological site in east central Sicily, southern Italy. It is sixty kilometres from the coast of the Ionian Sea, in the province of Enna. The closest modern ...
* Church of ''Santa Maria la Cava''
* Mother Church of ''San Lorenzo''
* The Regional Archaeological Museum of Aidone contains many archaeological remains from Morgantina.
References
Municipalities of the Province of Enna
Articles which contain graphical timelines
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