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Lercara Friddi (Palermo Province) is 65 km. from Palermo, alt. 660 m. in the hills between the Rivers Torto and Platani, on the slopes of Pizzo Lanzone, area 37.3 sq. km., pop, over 7800, post-code 90025, tel. 091. Economy: agriculture (cereals), iron and wood handicraft, service industries.

It was originally a trading post along the royal highway between Palermo and Agrigento. The present town was founded in 1605 by the Spanish nobleman D. Baldassare Gomez de Amescua, who acquired the fief following his marriage to Francesca Lercara. It then belonged at various times to a number of noble families (de Mayda, Villalba, Ventimiglia, Scamacca, and Gravina).

This was an important sulphur mining center. All the mines have closed.

Churches (Palermo Diocese) include the following:
Santa Maria delle Neve (Chiesa Madre, 18th century)
S. Alfonso de'Liguori
San Giuseppe (historic, 18th century)
San Matteo (historic, 18th century)

Families researched in these records include the following:
Cafferella
Catalano
Coniglio
di Salvo
Ficarotta
Greco
Laria
Lo Forti
Lucania
Marsala
Saglimbeni
Sangiorgio
Scaglione
Sinatra
Siragusa
Vento

Links to other sites about Lercara Friddi include:
Lercara Friddi Photos
Italian Wikipedia
Italian Towns
Italian Postal Codes
Sicily Web
Sicilia
Sicilian Net

My latest book on CD is titled Sicily - A Reference for Researchers and is now available. With a file for each town (plus many other files), it relates the history of Sicily as reflected in the photos, records and festivals of its towns. It contains over 2500 text and photo files and can be ordered at CD order.


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