Niscemi
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Niscemi | |
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Comune di Niscemi | |
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Madonna Santissima del Bosco | |
Saint day | May 21 |
Website | Official website |
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Niscemi is a little town and comune in the province of Caltanissetta, Sicily, Italy. It has a population of 27,558.[3] It is located not far from Gela and Caltagirone and 90 km from Catania.
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Etymology
The name Niscemi is derived from the
Main sights
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- Santa Maria d'Itria: chiesa madre or mother church of town
World War II
During World War II, Niscemi was the location of Ponte Olivo Airfield, a military airfield used by the United States Twelfth Air Force during the Italian campaign. After the war the area was redeveloped and no evidence of the wartime airfield remains.
American military installation
Today, there is a military radio station for naval communication, U.S.
The United States Navy installation is the focus of ongoing protest by locally based activist groups, who oppose it and demand its removal on grounds of health (danger from electromagnetic radiation), environmental damage and opposition to the use of
See also
- Naval Radio Transmitter Facility (NRTF) Niscemi
References
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ Istat Data - Population of Niscemi until December 30, 2016
- ^ Nadeau, Barbie Latza (April 28, 2015). "The Tiny Italian Town Killing the U.S. Navy's Surveillance Plans". The Daily Beast. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
- Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command. August 2014. Archived from the original(PDF) on 10 February 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 978-0-912799-02-5
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