The province of Caltanissetta
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Delia (Zip Code 93010) is 48 Km. distant from Agrigento, 24 Km. from Caltanissetta, which is the province it belongs to, 166 Km. from Catania, 65 Km. from Enna, 240 Km. from Messina, 166 Km. from Palermo, 141 Km. from Ragusa, 193 Km. from Siracusa, 221 Km. from Trapani. Photo © Walter Lo Cascio
The municipality counts 4.723 inhabitants, its surface measures 1.232 hectares, and its population density counts 355 inhabitants per square kilometre. It rises over an internal hilly area, 420 meters above the sea-level. The Town Hall is located in via Capitaneria di Porto, tel. ++39 0922-820569 fax. ++39 0922-826163. The town's current economy is based on three mayor activities: agriculture, with the production of cereals, grapes, almonds, and olives; cattle breeding, sheep and horse farms; handicrafts based on glass and resin objects. The name Delia has Arab origins, Daliyah, that means vineyard. Photo © Walter Lo Cascio
It rose during the Middle Ages, by will of Federico III who had a castle built. In 1366, it was owned by the Chiaramonte family, and then by the Moncada family until 1516, when it passed to the Lucchesi family. In 1623, Giuseppe Lucchesi, founded the suburb with "licentia populandi", and it then became a possession of the Gravina family. Aside to the remains of the Middle Age Castle, there is the Chiesa Madre dedicated to S. Maria di Loreto, built in 1622, that beholds a painting of "S. Rosalia" by P. D'Asaro (1597-1647), who was called the "Monocolo" (monocle, one-eyed person), and was an excellent painter. |
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