Aidone (
Gallo-Italic of Sicily
The Gallo-Italic, Gallo-Italian, Gallo-Cisalpine or simply Cisalpine languages constitute the majority of the Romance languages Languages of Italy#Northern Italy, of northern Italy: Piedmontese language, Piedmontese, Lombard language, Lombard, Em ...
: ''Aidungh'' or ''Dadungh''; ) is a town and ''
comune
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'' in the
province of Enna, in region of
Sicily
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in southern
Italy
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. The extensive
archaeological
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site of
Morgantina 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 () 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 communities goes back to the ...
* Ottavio Profeta
Main sights
* Archaeological site of Morgantina
* Church of ''Santa Maria la Cava''
* Mother Church of ''San Lorenzo''
* The Regional Archaeological Museum of Aidone contains many archaeological remains from Morgantina.
* ''Castellaccio'', with ruins of a hilltop castle and wide panorama.
References
Municipalities of the Province of Enna
Articles which contain graphical timelines
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