Licodia Eubea

Infobox CityIT
img_coa = Licodia Eubea-Stemma.png img_coa_small = yes
official_name = Comune di Licodia Eubea
region = Sicily
province = Catania (CT)
elevation_m = 600
area_total_km2 = 111
population_as_of =
population_total = 3141
population_density_km2 = 28
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|37|09|N|14|42|E|region:IT_type:city(3141)
frazioni =
telephone = 0933
postalcode = 95040
gentilic = Licodiani
saint = St. Angelo
day = May 5
mayor = Nunzio Li Rosi (since May 28, 2005
website = [http://www.comune.licodiaeubea.ct-egov.it/ www.comune.licodiaeubea.ct-egov.it/]

Licodia Eubea is a town and comune in the province of Catania, on the island of Sicily Italian region of Catania. It is bounded by the comuni of Caltagirone, Chiaramonte Gulfi, Giarratana, Grammichele, Mazzarrone, Mineo, Monterosso Almo and Vizzini.

History

The name Eubea was given to the place in 1872, owing to a false identification with the Greek city of Euboea, a colony of Leontini, founded early in the 6th century BC. The town occupies the site of an unknown Sicel city. A few vases of the First Period were found, but practically all the tombs explored in 1898 belonged to the Fourth Period (700-500 BCE), and show the gradual process of Hellenization among the Sicels.

External links

*it icon [http://www.comune.licodiaeubea.ct-egov.it/ Official comune website] [http://www.webalice.it/giuseppe.antonio.gia/index.html GREGORIO GIARRUSSO- MY COLLECTION OF HOLY PICTURES ]