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Ribera, Agrigento
Ribera (Sicilian: Rivela) is a comune in the province of Agrigento, Region of Sicily, southern Italy, between the Verdura and Magazzolo valleys in the so-called Plain of San Nicola.
The town is connected by the S.S. 115 (state road), leading from Trapani to Syracuse. The Platani River, the third Sicilian river, flows nearby. It has enormously contributed to developing both farming and tourism in the area. Its mouth has been designated as a natural reserve.
The municipal area stands on mostly clayey soils of the plastic complex of the lower-middle Miocene period surmounted by the lithotypes of the gypsum-sulphur formation, there are also marl (rock) calcareous and marly clays of the lower Pliocene, ashy clayey marls and contemporary clayey breccias of the middle-upper Pliocene, calcarenites of the Pleistocene. The marine terraces are from the Quaternary-Upper Pleistocene.
With its 350 mt. above sea level, Mount Sara located in the north-east of the territory is the only significant relief..
The constant throughout these areas is a "Mediterranean" climate, with average temperatures of 26-28°C in July and August and highs of 30-32°C. Climate classification: zone C, 974 days..
The comune probably rose on the site of the ancient Allava, to which the Byzantine necropolis near the modern town may possibly be attributed. In 1627, Luigi Guglielmo Moncada, Prince of Paternò, founded a new centre named after his wife, Maria Alfan di Ribera; the new centre developed rapidly, thanks to the fertility of the soil and the accessibility of the area..
According to the deed of notary Vincenzo Scoma, kept in the State Archives of Sciacca, Ribera's official birth date is February 25, 1636. In the decade between 1640 and 1650, Ribera's population more than doubled, reaching 496 people. Thus, in 1655 the town had its first church, dedicated to Saint Nicholas and later to Saint Antonino.
In 1841, the municipality, with a production of 5,000 quintals of rice, was classified as the leading rice-producing center in Sicily. Despite the deaths caused by cholera, the abundance of labor encouraged marriages and the growth of the population, which numbered approximately 5,000. On September 29 of that year, through a royal decree, the municipality was elevated to a third-class magistrate's court.
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Ribera, Agrigento
Ribera (Sicilian: Rivela) is a comune in the province of Agrigento, Region of Sicily, southern Italy, between the Verdura and Magazzolo valleys in the so-called Plain of San Nicola.
The town is connected by the S.S. 115 (state road), leading from Trapani to Syracuse. The Platani River, the third Sicilian river, flows nearby. It has enormously contributed to developing both farming and tourism in the area. Its mouth has been designated as a natural reserve.
The municipal area stands on mostly clayey soils of the plastic complex of the lower-middle Miocene period surmounted by the lithotypes of the gypsum-sulphur formation, there are also marl (rock) calcareous and marly clays of the lower Pliocene, ashy clayey marls and contemporary clayey breccias of the middle-upper Pliocene, calcarenites of the Pleistocene. The marine terraces are from the Quaternary-Upper Pleistocene.
With its 350 mt. above sea level, Mount Sara located in the north-east of the territory is the only significant relief..
The constant throughout these areas is a "Mediterranean" climate, with average temperatures of 26-28°C in July and August and highs of 30-32°C. Climate classification: zone C, 974 days..
The comune probably rose on the site of the ancient Allava, to which the Byzantine necropolis near the modern town may possibly be attributed. In 1627, Luigi Guglielmo Moncada, Prince of Paternò, founded a new centre named after his wife, Maria Alfan di Ribera; the new centre developed rapidly, thanks to the fertility of the soil and the accessibility of the area..
According to the deed of notary Vincenzo Scoma, kept in the State Archives of Sciacca, Ribera's official birth date is February 25, 1636. In the decade between 1640 and 1650, Ribera's population more than doubled, reaching 496 people. Thus, in 1655 the town had its first church, dedicated to Saint Nicholas and later to Saint Antonino.
In 1841, the municipality, with a production of 5,000 quintals of rice, was classified as the leading rice-producing center in Sicily. Despite the deaths caused by cholera, the abundance of labor encouraged marriages and the growth of the population, which numbered approximately 5,000. On September 29 of that year, through a royal decree, the municipality was elevated to a third-class magistrate's court.
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