San Biagio Platani


San Biagio Platani is a comune in the Province of Agrigento in the Italian region Sicily, located about south of Palermo and about north of Agrigento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,689 and an area of. San Biagio Platani is famous for its "Easter Arches"
San Biagio Platani borders the following municipalities: Alessandria della Rocca, Casteltermini, Sant'Angelo Muxaro, Santo Stefano Quisquina.
The village has substantial diaspora populations in Chicago, Berazategui, and Pforzheim.

History

The origins of the town begin in 1635 the year in which Giovanni Battista Gerardi obtained a licentia populandi. Gaetano di Giovanni in his opera "Notizie storiche su Casteltermini e il suo territorio" attributes to Mariano Gianguercio, in 1648, the foundation of the urban settlement.

List of Feudal Rulers

1635 Licentia Populandi
1687 Imposition of the Duchy of San Biagio
1812 End of feudalism

Demographic evolution


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