Lercara Friddi is a ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

'' (municipality) in the

Metropolitan City of Palermo The Metropolitan City of Palermo ( it, Città metropolitana di Palermo; scn, Cità metrupulitana di Palermu) is a metropolitan city in Sicily, Italy. Its capital is the city of Palermo. It replaced the Province of Palermo and comprises the city o ...

in the

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

region

Sicily (man) it, Siciliana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = Ethnicity , demographics1_footnotes = , demographi ...

, located about southeast of

Palermo Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ...

. Founded in 1595 by local feudataries, it is on the slopes of Madore Hill, between the valleys of Fiumetorto and Platani rivers. In the past it was an important mining centre, the only one in the province of Palermo where

sulphur Sulfur (or sulphur in British English) is a chemical element with the symbol S and atomic number 16. It is abundant, multivalent and nonmetallic. Under normal conditions, sulfur atoms form cyclic octatomic molecules with a chemical formula ...

was excavated. __NOTOC__On December 25, 1893, eleven people were killed in the Lercara Friddi massacre during the

Fasci Siciliani The Fasci Siciliani , short for Fasci Siciliani dei Lavoratori (Sicilian Workers Leagues), were a popular movement of democratic and socialist inspiration, which arose in Sicily in the years between 1889 and 1894. The Fasci gained the support o ...

uprising after a rally of peasants and sulphur miners that asked for the abolition of taxes and better working conditions.Natale 1893, la strage di Lercara
, La Sicilia, December 31, 2010

Notable people

Andrea Finocchiaro Aprile Andrea Finocchiaro Aprile (26 June 1878–14 January 1964) was an Italian politician. Biography He was born in Lercara Friddi on 26 June 1878 as the son of Camillo Finocchiaro Aprile, a liberal politician and several times minister, and the Sici ...

(1878–1964), politician *

Mauro Picone Mauro Picone (2 May 1885 – 11 April 1977) was an Italian mathematician. He is known for the Picone identity, the Sturm-Picone comparison theorem and being the founder of the Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo, presently named after hi ...

(1885–1977), mathematician *

Anthony Martin Sinatra Anthony Martin Sinatra (born Saverio Antonino Martino Sinatra; ; May 4, 1892 – January 24, 1969) was an Italian-born naturalized American, Hoboken city fireman, professional boxer, and bar owner. He was the father of singer and actor Frank Sinat ...

(1892–1969), professional boxer and father of singer,

Frank Sinatra Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Chairman of the Board" and later called "Ol' Blue Eyes", Sinatra was one of the most popular ...

(1915–1998) *

Lucky Luciano Charles "Lucky" Luciano (, ; born Salvatore Lucania ; November 24, 1897 – January 26, 1962) was an Italian-born gangster who operated mainly in the United States. Luciano started his criminal career in the Five Points gang and was instrumenta ...

(1897–1962), crime boss *

Pietro Scaglione Pietro Scaglione (; Lercara Friddi, March 2, 1906 – Palermo, May 5, 1971) was an Italian magistrate and Chief Prosecutor of Palermo, Sicily. He was killed by the Mafia in 1971. Fighting the Mafia Scaglione graduated in law at the University o ...

(1906–1971), magistrate *

Nicolò Nicolosi Nicolò Nicolosi (9 August 1912 – 3 May 1986) was an Italian football player and manager from Lercara Friddi in the Province of Palermo. During his career, Nicolosi played as a forward for Lazio, Napoli and Atalanta in Serie A. He played for ...

(1912–1986), football player and manager *Pietro Lo Forte (1920–2004), musician *

Frédéric François Frédéric François (born Francesco Barracato; 3 June 1950 in Lercara Friddi, Sicily, Italy), is a French-speaking singer-composer living in Belgium. Biography Origins and childhood Born on 3 June 1950 in Lercara Friddi in Sicily, in a very ...

(b. 1950), singer-songwriter *Daniel Bellino-Zwicke (b. 1958), cookbook authorB0055FI0CA

References

External links

* GRANDMA BELLINO'S COOKBOOK by Daniel Bellin Z .. * https://www.amazon.com/Grandma-Bellinos-Italian-Cookbook-Grandmother-ebook/dp/B0128Z1BFM Municipalities of the Metropolitan City of Palermo 1595 establishments in Italy 1595 establishments in the Spanish Empire {{Sicily-geo-stub