Mineo | |
Official Name: | Comune di Mineo |
Coordinates: | 37.2667°N 55°W |
Region: | Sicily |
Metropolitan City: | Catania (CT) |
Frazioni: | Borgo Pietro Lupo |
Mayor: | Anna Aloisi |
Area Total Km2: | 244 |
Population Total: | 5203 |
Population As Of: | 1 January 2015 |
Population Demonym: | Italian: menenini|links=no Sicilian: minioli|links=no |
Elevation M: | 511 |
Saint: | Agrippina of Mineo |
Day: | last two Sundays in August |
Postal Code: | 95044 |
Area Code: | 0933 |
Mineo (Sicilian: Minìu; Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Μέναιον, Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Μέναινον or Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Μεναί;[1] Latin: Menaeum, Latin: Menaenum or Latin: Menae) is a town[2] and Italian: [[comune]] (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Catania, part of Sicily, Italy. It lies 64km (40miles) southwest of Catania, 56km (35miles) from Ragusa, 54km (34miles) from Gela, and 22km (14miles) from Caltagirone. It has approximately 5,600 inhabitants. It serves as the center of the cult of Saint Agrippina of Mineo.
Among the churches in the town are:
It is also a site of interest since Luigi Capuana, one of Italy's most famous writers in the 19th and early 20th centuries, hailed from Mineo and was at one time the town's mayor. Mineo now houses a small library and museum dedicated to Capuana.