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Sperlinga is a comune in the province of Enna, in the central part of the island of Sicily, in southern Italy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("the prettiest villages in Italy").[3]

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Sperlinga
Comune
Comune di Sperlinga
Location of Sperlinga
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Coordinates: 37°46′N 14°21′E
Country	Italy
Region	Sicily
Province	Enna (EN)
Government
• Mayor	Giuseppe Cuccì
Area [1]
• Total	59.14 km2 (22.83 sq mi)
Elevation	750 m (2,460 ft)
Population  (30 November 2017)[2]
• Total	769
• Density	13/km2 (34/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Sperlinghesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	94010
Dialing code	0935
Website	comune.sperlinga.en.it

Geography

Sperlinga is at about 750 m above sea level, on a hill on the southern slopes of the Nebrodi mountains.[1] It has a number of troglodyte dwellings.[1] The village is dominated by a large mediaeval castle, dating from late Norman times.

At the end of 2014 the population was 819 people, in 344 families.[2]

History

The village is first mentioned (as "Sperlingua") in a privilege of the Norman Count Roger from 1082.[4]^: 542 The first information on the castle is from 1113, and the earliest direct reference to it from 1239.[5]

Sperlinga reputedly did not participate in the Sicilian Vespers, the bloody uprising against the Angevin French rulers of Sicily in 1282, and may have offered them protection. An inscription over a door of the castle formerly read quod Siculis placuit sola Sperlinga negavit,[5] or roughly "what pleased the Sicilians, only Sperlinga denied".

From about 1360 Sperlinga was held by the Ventimiglia family.[4]^: 542 In 1597 it was sold for 30,834 ounces of gold to Giovanni Natoli,[4]^: 542 who was granted a licentia populandi or "licence to populate" by the king of Sicily, Philip II of Spain,[5] and was made Prince of Sperlinga in 1627.[4]^: 542 His son Francesco sold Sperlinga in 1656 to Giovanni Stefano Oneto, but retained the princely title. Oneto was made Duke of Sperlinga in 1666 by Charles II of Spain.[4]^: 542

During the Allied invasion of Sicily, in the Second World War, Allied forces under General Allen, including American infantry and tank units and Moroccan Goumiers, moved past Sperlinga to envelop Nicosia, a few kilometres to the south. They met strong resistance. After a show of force by American tanks, the Axis forces withdrew from Sperlinga and Nicosia during the night of 27 July 1943. Units of the American 16th Infantry Regiment entered Sperlinga the next morning.[6]

Economy

The principal economic activities of Sperlinga are agriculture and animal husbandry.[1]

References

Media related to Sperlinga at Wikimedia Commons

На других языках

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- [en] Sperlinga

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[es] Sperlinga

Sperlinga es una localidad italiana de la provincia de Enna, región de Sicilia, con 897 habitantes.[3]

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[ru] Сперлинга

Сперлинга (итал. Sperlinga) — коммуна в Италии, располагается в регионе Сицилия, в провинции Энна.

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