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Belmonte Mezzagno is a municipality (comune) located in Italy. While specific details about its location, size, or notable features are not provided here, it is one of Italy's many local administrative divisions.
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Key facts
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- Sicily
- Metropolitan city
- Palermo (PA)
- Mayor
- Ivan Ferraro
- Total
- 29.2 km (11.3 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 356 m (1,168 ft)
- Density
- 357/km (925/sq mi)
- Demonym
- belmontesi o mezzagnoti
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Dialing code
- 091
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
Article
Belmonte Mezzagno (Sicilian: Bellumunti but more properly U Mizzagnu in the local version of the Sicilian language) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Palermo in the Italian region Sicily, located about 15 kilometres (9 mi) south of Palermo.
Belmonte Mezzagno was founded in 1752, when Prince Giuseppe Emanuele Ventimiglia asked and obtained the "Licentia Populandi" from King Charles III. The first urban settlement of the country was the "Bagghiu", a large open-air court, where the houses overlooked and was accessed by a large common entrance dominated by an arch placed at the edge of the Spatola torrent, where inhabitants could easily draw water. The first census taken in 1752 by the priest, don Stefano Grasso, shows that there were 64 houses and 185 inhabitants. The Bourbon army destroyed much of the town by fire on May 8, 1849 as retribution for the towns support of the 1848 Sicilian revolution.