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Ucria is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about 130 kilometres (81 mi) east of Palermo and about 60 kilometres (37 mi) west of Messina. It is part of the Parco dei Nebrodi.

Ucria
Comune
Comune di Ucria
Location of Ucria
Ucria
Location of Ucria in Italy
Ucria
Ucria (Sicily)
Coordinates: 38°3′N 14°53′E
CountryItaly
RegionSicily
Metropolitan cityMessina (ME)
Government
  MayorGiuseppe Giovanni Lembo
Area
  Total26.2 km2 (10.1 sq mi)
Elevation
710 m (2,330 ft)
Population
 (30 November 2013)[2]
  Total1,079
  Density41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Ucriesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
98060
Dialing code0941
Patron saintS.S. Cristo della Pietà
Saint dayMay 3
WebsiteOfficial website

Physical geography


Ucria is a small mountain town, between 710 and 790 metres (2,330 and 2,590 ft) above sea level, in the Nebrodi Mountains. It is the meeting point of three major thoroughfares: the State Road #116 (Capo d'Orlando - Randazzo), the Provincial Road #136 (San Piero Patti - Ucria), and the Provincial Road #139. The last of these passes through Sinagra on the way to the sea at Brolo. The Via Padre Bernardino (Strada Statale #116) bisects the town and provides a view of the surrounding mountains and the valley.


History


Prehistoric tools, close to the Rocca di San Marco, and a storage room of Roman coins in the locality Arelluso, have been found in the area.

The origin of the town dates back to the Magna Graecia era, while the name is derived from the Arabic kerya, which means "village". The two Saracen towers, one in the outskirts that was to serve as a lookout and one in the north of the town, show that the village already existed during the Islamic domination in Sicily, and that it represented a strategic location on the way to the sea. Since the year 1000, Ucria was dominated by a castle that, after the Christian conquest of the island, passed from one power to another, including the Normans, Hohenstaufen, Angevin and Aragonese[disambiguation needed]. In the Norman period, Ucria was a fiefdom of Abbo Barresi.

Many residents of Ucria immigrated to Waltham, Massachusetts, USA in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[3]


Main sights



Religious architecture



Museums



Living plant germplasm bank

The Germplasm Bank of Living Plants includes the adjacent Botanical Garden, dedicated to the botanist Bernardino da Ucria (1739 -1796). It houses a collection of plant species of therapeutic interest and a variety of seeds of traditional cultivars of endangered fruits. It also houses a biological laboratory working at the protection and multiplication of germplasm for the conservation of biodiversity.


Events



People



Twin towns



References


  1. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  3. Pedersen, Kristen A.; Murphy, Thomas J. (1988). Waltham Rediscovered: An Ethnic History of Waltham, Massachusetts. Portsmouth, NH: P. E. Randall. pp. 402–483.



На других языках


- [en] Ucria

[ru] Укрия

Укрия (итал. Ucria) — коммуна в Италии, располагается в регионе Сицилия, в провинции Мессина.



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