Scicli

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Scicli
Comune
Comune di Scicli
Coat of arms
Scicli within the Province of Ragusa
Location of Scicli
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	97018
Dialing code	0932
Patron saint	Madonna of the Milices
Saint day	Last Saturday of May
Website	Official website
UNESCO World Heritage Site
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Part of	Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)
Criteria	Cultural: (i)(ii)(iv)(v)
Reference	1024rev-008
Inscription	2002 (26th Session)
Area	0.82 ha (88,000 sq ft)
Buffer zone	5.18 ha (558,000 sq ft)

Scicli is a town and municipality in the

The municipality borders with Modica and Ragusa.^[3]

History

Settlements of the area of Scicli dates back to the Copper and Early Bronze Ages (3rd millennium BC to the 15th century BC).

Scicli was founded by the Sicels (whence probably the name) around 300 BC.

In 864 AD, Scicli was conquered by the

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• San Matteo: this was the local "mother church of the town until 1874. It is located on the eponymous hill in the old city, where there is also the ruin of an Arab/Norman castle.^[7]
• Santa Maria la Nova: church with a large Neoclassic façade. The interior houses a cypress-wood statue of Madonna della Pietà, probably of Byzantine origin.
• San Bartolomeo baroque church
• Sant'Ignazio (Mother Church of St Ignatius of Loyola), houses the highly venerated image of Madonna dei Milìci (see Culture section).
• San Michele Arcangelo
• Palazzo Fava, one of the first and largest Baroque palaces in the town. Notable are the late-Baroque decorations of the portal and the balconies, especially the one on the Via San Bartolomeo.
• The Town Hall, the Palazzo Spadaro and the Palazzo Beneventano, all boast Baroque decorations.

Culture

Scicli is frequently used as a

The town is also notable for its religious processions which includes "Presepe" (nativity scenes) enacted in the caves surrounding the city at Christmas time. These caves, known as the Chiarafura caves, were dug out in the tuff cliffs, and some were inhabited by the local poor as recently as 1958.

At

The economy of Scicli is mostly agricultural, and the area is renowned for its many greenhouses producing the primizie ("early fruits") that are exported all over Italy.

Sport

The local association football club is the

Scicli has a railway station on the Canicattì-Gela-Ragusa-Syracuse line. Another station serves the frazione of Sampieri.

The town will be served by the planned extension, to Ragusa and Gela, of the A18 motorway.

People

• President of Sicily
  in 1998
• Severino Santiapichi (1926–2016), magistrate and writer

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
Scicli (category)

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Scicli.

• (in Italian) Scicli official website
• (in English) Scili Information
• Cartoon map of Scicli