Petralia Sottana is a town and comune

Comune

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in the Province of Palermo

Province of Palermo

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, in the island of Sicily

Sicily

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, Italy

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Geography

The Madonie Mountains cover the commune. It includes the "Fractions" (frazioni

Frazione

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) Piano Battaglia, Landro, Recattivo and Tudia

Tudia

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The commune is on the border between the provinces of Palermo and Caltanissetta

Province of Caltanissetta

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 (CL). It is bounded by the communes of Alimena

Alimena

Alimena is a comune in the Province of Palermo in the Italian region Sicily, located about 80 km southeast of Palermo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,363 and an area of 59.4 km²....

, Blufi

Blufi

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, Caltanissetta

Caltanissetta

Caltanissetta is a city and comune located on the western interior of Sicily, capital of the province of Caltanissetta...

 (CL), Castelbuono

Castelbuono

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, Castellana Sicula

Castellana Sicula

Castellana Sicula is a comune in the Province of Palermo in the Italian region Sicily, located about 70 km southeast of Palermo...

, Geraci Siculo

Geraci Siculo

Geraci Siculo is a comune in the Province of Palermo in the Italian region Sicily, located about 70 km southeast of Palermo...

, Isnello

Isnello

Isnello is a comune in the Province of Palermo in the Italian region Sicily, located about 70 km southeast of Palermo....

, Marianopoli

Marianopoli

Marianopoli is a comune in the Province of Caltanissetta in the Italian region Sicily, located about 80 km southeast of Palermo and about 20 km northwest of Caltanissetta....

 (CL), Petralia Soprana

Petralia Soprana

Petralia Soprana is a comune in the Province of Palermo in the Italian region Sicily, located about 70 km southeast of Palermo...

, Polizzi Generosa

Polizzi Generosa

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, Resuttano

Resuttano

Resuttano is a comune in the Province of Caltanissetta in the Italian region Sicily, located about 80 km southeast of Palermo and about 20 km north of Caltanissetta...

 (CL), Santa Caterina Villarmosa

Santa Caterina Villarmosa

Santa Caterina Villarmosa is a comune in the Province of Caltanissetta in the Italian region Sicily, located about 80 km southeast of Palermo and about 13 km north of Caltanissetta....

 (CL), Villalba

Villalba

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 (CL).

Coat of arms

The coat of arms

Coat of arms

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 includes a flamingo pink to rose to rosy white with three lillies and a golden edge. The colour ranges from ocean blue to sky blue to light snow-like blue to white reading Lilium Petrae. The crown on the top is shaped with lilly-leaf and on top and peach circles on the bottom of the crown.

Notable natives

• Luciano Chiara (July 2, 1910 - June 10, 1969 in Palermo
  Palermo
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  ) a mathematician,

External links

• Birth Indices 1885-1895
• Mapquest - Petralia Sottana
• Petralia Sottana Genealogy
• Petralia Sottana
• Sicily Web - Petralia Sottana
• - Madonie & Piano Battaglia web - PIANO BATTAGLIA

The main characters in Emanuele Crialese's elegiac film of Sicilian immigration to America," Golden Door" (aka Nuovomondo)) come from the town of Petralia.