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Lentini, Provincia di Siracusa, Sicilia, Italia Genealogy | == Lentini, Provincia di Siracusa, Sicilia, Italia Genealogy == | ||
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=== City of Lentini === | === City of Lentini === | ||
'''Lentini''' (Sicilian: ''Lintini'', historically '''Liuntini'''; Latin: ''Leontīnī''; Ancient Greek: Λεοντῖνοι) is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Siracusa, southeastern Sicily (Southern Italy). | '''Lentini''' (Sicilian: ''Lintini'', historically '''Liuntini'''; Latin: ''Leontīnī''; Ancient Greek: Λεοντῖνοι) is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Siracusa, southeastern Sicily (Southern Italy). | ||
==== [http://www.comune.lentini.sr.it/ City Website] Descriptions of city services with contact information for city officials. (In Italian) ==== | |||
==== [http://www.lentinionline.it/index.htm Lentini Online]- History of the city and biographies of Lentini people with a bibliography of Lentini historical sources. (Access pages in English by clicking on the British flag.) ==== | |||
=== History === | === History === | ||
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* ''San Luca'': (St Luke) church has a canvas depicting St Francis of Assisi, attributed to the school of Bassano and other artworks. Next to the church are the remains of the Castle of Frederick II, the hypogeum of St. Lucy with 14th-century frescoes, the Crucifix Grottoes with frescoes from the 12th–17th centuries and the ruins of the old parish church of San Pietro (16th century). | * ''San Luca'': (St Luke) church has a canvas depicting St Francis of Assisi, attributed to the school of Bassano and other artworks. Next to the church are the remains of the Castle of Frederick II, the hypogeum of St. Lucy with 14th-century frescoes, the Crucifix Grottoes with frescoes from the 12th–17th centuries and the ruins of the old parish church of San Pietro (16th century). | ||
* ''San Francesco di Paola'': 18th-century church with a rare organ and artworks from churches which were destroyed by the 1693 earthquake. | * ''San Francesco di Paola'': 18th-century church with a rare organ and artworks from churches which were destroyed by the 1693 earthquake. | ||
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[https://www.tuttitalia.it/sicilia/82-lentini/statistiche/popolazione-andamento-demografico/ Census of Population of Lentini 1861-2021] | |||