Petralia Sottana

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Comune in Sicily, Italy

Petralia Sottana
Comune
Comune di Petralia Sottana

Location of Petralia Sottana
37°48′N 14°5′E / 37.800°N 14.083°E / 37.800; 14.083
Country	Italy
Region	Sicily
Metropolitan city	Palermo (PA)
Frazioni	Piano Battaglia, Landro, Tudia, Recattivo
Government
• Mayor	Leonardo Iuri Neglia
Area ^[1]
• Total	178.35 km² (68.86 sq mi)
Elevation	1,039 m (3,409 ft)
Population (30 November 2016)^[2]
• Total	2,770
• Density	16/km² (40/sq mi)
Demonym	Petralesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	90027
Dialing code	0921
Patron saint	St. Calogerus
Saint day	June 18
Website	Official website

Petralia Sottana (Sicilian: Pitralìa Suttana) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Palermo, in the island of Sicily, Southern Italy. The main characters in Emanuele Crialese's 2006 film of Sicilian immigration to America, Nuovomondo, come from the town of Petralia.

Geography

The Madonie Mountains cover the commune. Petralia Sottana hosts the headquarters of the Madonie Regional Natural Park, in which is included a significant amount of its municipal territory.^[3]

The commune is on the border between the Metropolitan City of Palermo and the Province of Caltanissetta . It is bounded by the communes of Alimena, Blufi, Caltanissetta, Castelbuono, Castellana Sicula, Geraci Siculo, Isnello, Marianopoli, Petralia Soprana, Polizzi Generosa, Resuttano, Santa Caterina Villarmosa, Villalba.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows three lilies, referring to Lilium Petrae (Stone lily), a possible etymology of the town name.

Main sights

Maria Santissima Assunta (Chiesa Madre or Mother Church), known from the 9th century. Of the original building, only a portal in Gothic-Catalan style has survived. The current structure, with a nave and two aisles on the basilica plan, was built in 1633–1680. The sacristy houses a rare bronze lampstand dating back to the Arab conquest of Sicily, with an inscription in Kufic characters^[4]
San Francesco d'Assisi: 17th century church
Santissima Trinità: (1531) church formerly attached to abbey
Palazzo del Giglio: current town hall
Santa Maria alla Fontana
Museo Civico Antonio Collisani: Civic museum with archeological and geological-paleontological collections
Grotta del Vecchiuzzo, a prehistoric cave where archeological finds dating back to the Late Neolithic were discovered^[5]
Sanctuary of the Madonna dell'Alto

People

Luciano Chiara, mathematician
Giuseppe Colosi, zoologist
Antonio Pucci, racing driver
Cesare Terranova, judge and politician killed by the Mafia

References

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ ISTAT
^ "Parco Naturale Regionale delle Madonie: Protected area". parks.it. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
^ Johns, Jeremy (2012). "A bronze pillar lampstand from Petralia Sottana, Sicily". Academia.edu. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
^ Cultraro, Massimo (2014). "The Grotta del Vecchiuzzo (Petralia Sottana, Palermo): a multi-purpose cave in a karst system". In Gullì, Domenica (ed.). From Cave to Dolmen. Ritual and symbolic aspects in the prehistorybetween Sciacca, Sicily and the central Mediterranean (pdf). Archaeopress Archaeology. pp. 137–150. ISBN 978-1-78491-038-9.