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Solarino (Siracusa Province) is 17 km from Siracusa, alt. 165 m, on the eastern slopes of the Hyblaean Mountains, on the right of the River Anapo, area 13 sq km, pop. 7,438, post-code 96010, tel. 0931. Economy: agriculture and breeding.

Founded in 1759 by Giuseppe Antonio Requesenz.

Of interest: Piazza Plebiscito.

Churches (Siracusa Diocese) include the following:

S. Paolo Apostolo (Chiesa Madre)
Madonna delle LaCrime

Families researched in these records include the following:

Carubba
D'Orio
Frazzione
Gozzo
La Rosa
Lombardo
Mancarella
Maratore
Oliva
Pizzo
Radinini
Ramett

Links to other sites about Solarino include:

Sicilia
Sicilian Net
Sicily Web
Italian Wikipedia
Italian Towns
Italian Postal Codes

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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