Roccapalumba (
Sicilian: ''Roccapalumma'') is a ''
comune
A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...
'' (municipality) in the
Metropolitan City of Palermo
The Metropolitan City of Palermo (; ) is a metropolitan city in Sicily, Italy. Its capital is the city of Palermo. It replaced the province of Palermo and comprises the city of Palermo and 82 other ''comuni'' (: ''comune''). It has 1,194,439 in ...
in the
Italian
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region
Sicily
Sicily (Italian language, Italian and ), officially the Sicilian Region (), is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy, regions of Italy. With 4. ...
, located about southeast of
Palermo
Palermo ( ; ; , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan province. The ...
.
Roccapalumba is located 64 km southeast of Palermo and borders the following municipalities:
Alia,
Caccamo
Caccamo ( Sicilian: ''Càccamu'') is a town and ''comune'' located on the Tyrrhenian coast of Sicily in the Metropolitan City of Palermo.
History
The official founding of Caccamo was not until 1093, when the Normans started to build the castle ...
,
Castronovo di Sicilia,
Lercara Friddi
Lercara Friddi is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Palermo in the Italy, Italian region Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo.
Geography
Lercara Friddi rises almost at the foot of Colle Madore and its Sican archeolo ...
, and
Vicari.
History
The name of Roccapalumba means "Cliff of doves", perhaps for the height of the place where the small town rises. The original agricultural colony was founded about the year 1640 on the feud of Palumba by the princes Ansalone. The Parish Church was built in the 17th century and completely rebuilt after an earthquake in 1823.
In 1714, the Prince of Larderia, Don Francesco Moncada, acquired and held the feud until the territory was made official as an inhabited centre (town). During the 18th century the feudal village under the Larderia family had a period of particular growth, both agricultural and territorial.
Among its monuments there are the Cathedral Church of the XVIII in late baroque style and the Santuario della Madonna della Luce (Sanctuary of Our Lady of Light).
References
External links
Official website
Municipalities of the Metropolitan City of Palermo
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