Palazzolo Acreide
Palazzolo Acreide | |
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| Comune di Palazzolo Acreide | |
View of the town from the acropolis of ancient Akrai | |
Location of Palazzolo Acreide | |
| Coordinates: 37°04′N 14°54′E / 37.067°N 14.900°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Sicily |
| Province | Syracuse (SR) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Salvatore Gallo |
| Area | |
• Total | 86.34 km2 (33.34 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 670 m (2,200 ft) |
| Population (30 November 2017) | |
• Total | 8,668 |
| • Density | 100/km2 (260/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Palazzolesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 96010 |
| Dialing code | 0931 |
| Patron saint | St. Paul |
| Saint day | June 29 |
| Website | Official website |
| Part of | Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily) |
| Criteria | Cultural: (i)(ii)(iv)(v) |
| Reference | 1024rev-006 |
| Inscription | 2002 (26th Session) |
| Area | 1.37 ha (147,000 sq ft) |
| Buffer zone | 33.74 ha (3,632,000 sq ft) |
Palazzolo Acreide (Sicilian: Palazzolu, in the local dialect: Palazzuolu) is a town and comune in the Province of Syracuse, Sicily (southern Italy). It is 43 kilometres (27 mi) from the city of Syracuse in the Hyblean Mountains. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").