Racalmuto ( scn, Racalmutu; from the
Arabic ''raḥl mawt'', "village of death" or ''raḥl Ḥammūd'', "
Hammoud's village") is a ''
comune'' (municipality) in the
Province of Agrigento in the
Italian Autonomous Region of
Sicily, 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 ...
and about northeast of
Agrigento.
Racalmuto is the setting of
Angelo F. Coniglio's
historical fiction
Historical fiction is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting related to the past events, but is fictional. Although the term is commonly used as a synonym for historical fiction literature, it can also be applied to other ty ...
novella ''
The Lady of the Wheel''.
Racalmuto borders the following municipalities:
Bompensiere
Bompensiere ( Sicilian: ''Naduri'') is a ''comune'' in the province of Caltanissetta in the south of Sicily, Italy
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,
Canicattì,
Castrofilippo
Castrofilippo ( Sicilian: ''Castrufilippu'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Agrigento in the Italian region Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo and about east of Agrigento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population ...
,
Favara,
Grotte,
Milena
Milena may refer to:
* Milena (skipper), ''Milena'' (skipper), a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae
* Milena, Sicily, a ''comune'' in the Province of Caltanissetta, Italy
* Milena (given name), a popular female Slavic name
* Milena (film ...
,
Montedoro.
Notable people
Racalmuto was the birthplace and lifelong home of author
Leonardo Sciascia (1921–89)
Bibliography
*
Leonardo Sciascia: ''
Wine Dark Sea, 2001''
*
Angelo F. Coniglio: ''
The Lady of the Wheel, 2012''
Twin towns
*
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
**Murray St. in Hamilton's Little Italy is known as Corso Racalmuto, after the Racalmutesi immigrants who populated the area
La Fratellanza Racalmutese festeggia 75 anni
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* Finale Ligure, Italy
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Sicily
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