Town of Spadafora

Spadafora

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Spadafora (Zip Code 98048) is 306 km. distant from Agrigento, 239 km. from Caltanissetta, 121 km. from Catania, 198 km. from Enna, 28 km. from Messina, which province it belongs to, 231 km. from Palermo, 225 km. from Ragusa, 179 km. from Siracusa, 330 km. from Trapani.

The municipality has 5.250 inhabitants and an area of 1.030 hectares for a population density of 510 inhabitants per square kilometre.

It rises on a flat area along the coast and is 6 metres above sea-level.

The Town Hall is placed in piazza Vittorio Emanuele, tel. ++39 090-9945111 fax. ++39 090-9941495.

E-mail address is: comunespadafora@eden.it.

Besides agricultural products such as grapes, olives, citrus fruit, cereals and vegetables, Spadafora bases its prosperity also upon fishing.

It was part of one of five country-houses of feud of San Martino and was acquired by Federico Spadafora in 1459.

The noble family has been in possession of it till 1737 when the noble Guttierez Spadafora, a component of the family, founded the village giving it his name.

The most interesting monument is the Baronial Palace built in the XVI century made by Camillo Camiliani (1574-1603) in order to control and defend the village from incursions coming from sea and the Chiesa del Sacro Cuore.