Partinico (
Sicilian: ''Partinicu'',
Ancient Greek: ''Parthenikòn'', Παρθενικόν) is a city and ''
comune
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'' in the
Metropolitan City of Palermo
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,
Sicily
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, southern
Italy. It is from
Palermo
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and from
Trapani
Trapani ( , ; scn, Tràpani ; lat, Drepanum; grc, Δρέπανον) is a city and municipality (''comune'') on the west coast of Sicily, in Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Trapani. Founded by Elymians, the city is still an impor ...
.
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 father of American musician
Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American musician, composer, and bandleader. His work is characterized by nonconformity, free-form improvisation, sound experiments, musical virtuosity and satire of ...
was born in Partinico. The street Via Zammatà where the Zappa family once lived, was later renamed to ''Via Frank Zappa''. In 2015 Zappa's son
Dweezil released an album titled ''Via Zammata.
The
Italian
Italian(s) may refer to:
* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional It ...
prime minister
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Vittorio Emanuele Orlando
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (19 May 1860 – 1 December 1952) was an Italian statesman, who served as the Prime Minister of Italy from October 1917 to June 1919. Orlando is best known for representing Italy in the 1919 Paris Peace Conference with h ...
represented Partinico in the Italian
Parliament
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from 1897 until 1925.
Danilo Dolci was an Italian social activist, sociologist, popular educator and poet, and for some time resident at Partinico.
The local, family-run, anti-
Mafia
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television station
Telejato is based in the town.
See also
*
Sanctuary of Madonna del Ponte
Gallery
File:Chiesa di San Gioacchino a Partinico 01.jpg, The church of St Joachim
File:Chiesa Maria Santissima Annunziata (Partinico) 10.jpg, The church of the Annunciation
References
External links
Comune di Partinico
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