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Santa Maria di Licodia | |
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| Comune di Santa Maria di Licodia | |
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  Santa Maria di Licodia Location of Santa Maria di Licodia in Italy Show map of Italy Santa Maria di Licodia Santa Maria di Licodia (Sicily) Show map of Sicily | |
| Coordinates:37°37′N14°54′E / 37.617°N 14.900°E /37.617; 14.900 | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Sicily |
| Metropolitan city | Catania (CT) |
| Frazioni | Schettino |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Salvatore Carmelo Mastroianni |
| Area | |
• Total | 26.28 km2 (10.15 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 442 m (1,450 ft) |
| Population (2018-01-01)[2] | |
• Total | 7,600 |
| • Density | 290/km2 (750/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Licodiesi or Licodesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 95038 |
| Dialing code | 095 |
| Patron saint | St. Joseph |
| Saint day | Last Sunday in August |
| Website | www |
Santa Maria di Licodia (Sicilian:Santa Marìa di Licuddìa) is a town andcomune in theMetropolitan City of Catania, easternSicily, southernItaly.
Santa Maria di Licodia occupies traditionally the site of the ancientAetna, a settlement founded by the colonists whomHiero I of Syracuse had placed atCatania after their expulsion by the original inhabitants in 461 BC, which absorbed or incorporated an already existingSicel town named Inessa.
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A large hoard of coins was found also outside Santa Maria di Licodia in 1891.
In the nearby district of Civita is a large elliptical area, enclosed by a wall of masses of lava, which is about 8.5 metres (28 ft) wide at the base and 3 metres (10 ft) high. The ground is covered with fragments of tiles and pottery of the classical period, and it is probably a hastily built encampment of historic times rather than a primitive fortification, as there are no prehistoric traces.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Santa Maria di Licodia".Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 189.
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