Scordia (Catania Province) is 37 km from Catania, alt. 150 m, in the northern foothills of the Hyblaean mountains, on the southern edge of the Plain of Catania, area 24.3 sq km. The population is just over 17,000, post-code 95048, tel. 095. Economy: agriculture and citrus fruit processing.

The town was founded in 1628 by Prince Antonio Branciforte in a territory inhabited in prehistory and in Roman times, and had been a fief of Virgilio Scordia.

Of interest is the Palazzo del Principe.

Churches (Caltagirone Diocese) include the following:

San Rocco (Chiesa Madre, rebuilt after the earthquake of 1693)

San Domenico Savio

San Giuseppe

Santa Maria Maggiore

Families researched in these records include the following:

Ardita

Bernardello

Cristofero

D'Imprima

Liggieri

Mangano

Pinelli

Varchitta

On August 16 is the Festa of San Rocco.

Links to sites with more about Scordia include:

Catania Provincia

Italian Wikipedia

Italian Towns

Italian Postal Codes

Scordia Photos

Sicilia

Sicilian Net

Sicily Web

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