Lercara Friddi is a ''
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 ...
'' (municipality) in the
Metropolitan City of Palermo in the
Italian
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region
Sicily
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, located about southeast of
Palermo.
Founded in 1595 by local feudataries, it is on the slopes of Madore Hill, between the valleys of Fiumetorto and
Platani rivers. In the past it was an important mining centre, the only one in the province of Palermo where
sulphur was excavated.
__NOTOC__On December 25, 1893, eleven people were killed in the
Lercara Friddi massacre during the
Fasci Siciliani uprising after a rally of peasants and sulphur miners that asked for the abolition of taxes and better working conditions.
[Natale 1893, la strage di Lercara]
, La Sicilia, December 31, 2010
Notable people
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Andrea Finocchiaro Aprile
Andrea Finocchiaro Aprile (26 June 1878–14 January 1964) was an Italian politician.
Biography
He was born in Lercara Friddi on 26 June 1878 as the son of Camillo Finocchiaro Aprile, a liberal politician and several times minister, and the Sicil ...
(1878–1964), politician
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Mauro Picone (1885–1977), mathematician
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Anthony Martin Sinatra
Anthony Martin Sinatra (born Saverio Antonino Martino Sinatra; ; May 4, 1892 – January 24, 1969) was an Italian-born naturalized American, Hoboken city fireman, professional boxer, and bar owner. He was the father of singer and actor Frank Sinat ...
(1892–1969), professional boxer and father of singer,
Frank Sinatra (1915–1998)
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Lucky Luciano (1897–1962), crime boss
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Pietro Scaglione (1906–1971), magistrate
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Nicolò Nicolosi (1912–1986), football player and manager
*Pietro Lo Forte (1920–2004), musician
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Frédéric François
Frédéric François (born Francesco Barracato; 3 June 1950 in Lercara Friddi, Sicily, Italy), is a French-speaking singer-composer living in Belgium.
Biography
Origins and childhood
Born on 3 June 1950 in Lercara Friddi in Sicily, in a ve ...
(b. 1950), singer-songwriter
*Daniel Bellino-Zwicke (b. 1958), cookbook author
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References
External links
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GRANDMA BELLINO'S COOKBOOK by Daniel Bellin Z ..
* https://www.amazon.com/Grandma-Bellinos-Italian-Cookbook-Grandmother-ebook/dp/B0128Z1BFM
Municipalities of the Metropolitan City of Palermo
1595 establishments in Italy
1595 establishments in the Spanish Empire
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