Buseto Palizzolo ( Sicilian: ''Palazzolu'') is a town and ''

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'' in North-Western

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, administratively part of the

province of Trapani Trapani ( it, Provincia di Trapani, scn, Pruvincia di Tràpani; officially ''Libero consorzio comunale di Trapani'') is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily, southern Italy. Following the suppression of the Sicilian provinces, it ...

Geography

Buseto Palizzolo is located in the hills east of Trapani, the highest of which is with a height of 500 metres above sea level. Buseto Palizzolo is composed of various areas and hamlets, without a main central settlement. The main settlements are Buseto Centro, Badia, Battaglia, Buseto Superiore, and Pianoneve. These settlements blur into one another, but the frazioni of Bruca, Fazio, and are located at a distance of 11, 5, and 6 km respectively from the centre. 3 km southeast of Buseto Superiore is , a vast wooded area which is among the largest in western Sicily.

History

The comune of Buseto Palizzolo, like those of

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and

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