Racalmuto Explained

Racalmuto
Official Name:	Comune di Racalmuto
Coordinates:	37.4°N 57°W
Region:	Sicily
Province:	Agrigento (AG)
Mayor:	Vincenzo Maniglia
Area Total Km2:	68.3
Population Total:	8833
Population As Of:	31 December 2011^[1]
Population Demonym:	Racalmutesi
Elevation M:	455
Postal Code:	92020
Area Code:	0922

Racalmuto (Sicilian: Racalmutu; from the Arabic Arabic: رحل موت raḥl mawt, "village of death" or Arabic: رحل حمود raḥl Ḥammūd, "Hammoud's village") is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Agrigento in the Italian Autonomous Region of Sicily, located about 90km (60miles) southeast of Palermo and about 15km (09miles) northeast of Agrigento.

Racalmuto is the setting of Angelo F. Coniglio's historical fiction novella The Lady of the Wheel.^[2]

Racalmuto borders the following municipalities: Bompensiere, Canicattì, Castrofilippo, Favara, Grotte, Milena, 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^[3]
  • Murray St. in Hamilton's Little Italy is known as Corso Racalmuto, after the Racalmutesi immigrants who populated the area^[4]
• Finale Ligure, Italy

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
2. Web site: Cipolla. Gaetano. The Lady of the Wheel (La Ruotaia). Legas.
3. Web site: Hamilton Ontario Sister Cities. 2008-01-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070926234112/http://www.myhamilton.ca/myhamilton/CommunitiesAndOrganizations/communitiesofhamilton/sistercities . 2007-09-26.
4. http://www.corriere.com/viewstory.php?storyid=79857 La Fratellanza Racalmutese festeggia 75 anni