City of Licata (Agrigento)

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Licata, with a surface of 178,91 kmq confines to south with the Channel of Sicily, to the west with city of Palma di Montechiaro, north with the territory of Ravanusa, Campobello di Licata and Naro, to east with Butera.

Three types of traditional cultivations characterize agriculture: seminative dry ground (entire flat and the hills that encircle it), the orchard (to hard shell, just almond tree), uncultivated productive the destined one to pasture that occupies the zones more impervie. Cultivations lives, ulivi, carob trees, citruses, trees from fruit do not lack (fish, apricot trees, apples and pear trees). From some years to this part enormously the The winter is mild and very rarely it is reached inferior temperatures to +5°. The summer door much sultriness and sultriness and often much humidity, species in the serali hours. All the territory is exposed to the twenty of the south (sirocco and libeccio) and of the west (placing).

The hydrographical net that records the licatese territory articulates in the last log of the Salso river that crosses Flat and the same one lived, ending up with tortuoso course to east of the port. The licatese economy draws good resources, beyond that from agriculture, also from the peach that with its numerous and modern fleet fish occupies approximately 2.000 persons. The qualities of the fish commonly fished are: triglie, sogliole, cods, small cuttlefishes, several species of gamberi, platesse, spigole, saraghi, polipi and very many blue fish.

The architectonic emergencies and the artistic patrimony cover a great interest also. A modern archaeological museum exists, while the civic library guards rich collections of rare books. It knows to you protecting of Licata are: Sant'Angelo to martire carmelitano, from 1400, and Saint Giuseppe Maria Tomasi and Caro, cardinal teatino.

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