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Raddusa (Catania Province) is 62 km from Catania, alt. 350 m, in the hill region between the Rivers Dittaino and Gornalunga, area 23.3 sq km, pop. over 4000, post-code 95040, tel. 095. Economy: agriculture, chalk quarries, sulphurous and saline waters.
This village was part of Ramacca until 1861. It was a fief of the Gravina and the Paterno-Castello families, who were Barons of Raddusa.
Churches (Caltagirone Diocese) include the following:
Immacolata Concezione (Chiesa Madre)
On March 19 is the Festa of San Giuseppe. There is a festival of the harvesting of wheat in September.
Links to sites with more about Raddusa include:
Italian Wikipedia
Italian Towns
Italian Postal Codes
Sicily Web
Catania Provincia
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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