Monterosso Almo

Monterosso Almo (Zip Code 97010) is 163 Km. distant from Agrigento, 114 Km. from Caltanissetta, 71 Km. from Catania, 118 Km. from Enna, 167 Km. from Messina, 256 Km. from Palermo, 27 Km. from Ragusa, that is the province it belongs to, 67 Km. from Siracusa, 322 Km. from Trapani.

The municipality has 3.461 inhabitants, its surface measures 5.627 hectares and its population density counts 61 inhabitants per square kilometre. It rises inland on a hilly area, 691 metres above the sea-level.

The Town Hall is located in piazza S.Giovanni n. 9, tel. ++39 0932-977936 fax. ++39 0932-979190.

The main economical activities of Monterosso Almo are agriculture and cow and sheep breeding. The main cultivations are: cereals, vegetables, almonds, olives, walnuts and fruit.

The original name Iahalmo goes back to the Norman age, and actually the first historical evidence of this little town dates back to this period. In the 14th century it was Count Aidone Enrico Rosso's property, who built a castle, no more existing. From the 16th century to the 18th century the village was part of the county of Modica. In 1693 the village was levelled by the earthquake and was later rebuilt on an higher area on the same hill.

Amongst the monuments we mention the Mother Church, built after 1693 in Neo-Gothic style, the church of S. Antonio Abate (18th century) and the church of S. Giovanni Battista, attributed to Vincenzo Sinatra.