Sortino (Siracusa Province) is 38 km from Siracusa, alt. 438 m, in the eastern Hyblaean Mountains, area 93.2 sq km, pop. 9,252, post-code 96010, tel. 0931. Economy: agriculture (olives, almonds, honey, etc.), livestock farming.
In its territory are the ruins of the town and the necropolis of Pantalica, the ancient Hybla.
The town of Sortino belonged in feudal times to the Moncadas and the Eredias and, after 1477, for about three centuries, to the Barons Gaetani. Already seriously damaged by an earthquake in 1542, it was razed to the ground by the earthquake in 1693. It was rebuilt not far away, in its present site, on the top of a hill, Cugno del Rizzo.
Churches (Siracusa Diocese) include the following:
Families researched in these records include the following:
Links to other sites about Sortino include:
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