Bompietro (
Palermo Province) is 121 km. from
Palermo, alt. 685 m., in the southeastern Madonie, are 42.4 sq. km., pop. over 2,000, post-code 90020, tel. 0921. Economy: agricultural produce, animal farming.
It was originally (17th century) a hamlet in the territory of
Petralia Sottana; it became an autonomous comune in 1852. Until 1929 its name was Buompietro.
Churches (
Cefalu Diocese) include the following:
SS. Apostoli Pietro e Paolo (Chiesa Madre, 1792)
S. Famiglia (Locati - suburb of Bompietro)
Links to other sites about Bompietro include:
Italian Wikipedia
Italian Towns
Italian Postal Codes
Sicily Web
Sicilia
Sicilian Net
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