Carlentini (Siracusa Province) is 48 km from Siracusa alt. 200 m, northeast of the Hyblaean Mountains, on the slopes of Monte Pancali, area 158 sq km, pop. 17,592, post-code 96013, tel. 095. Agricultural economy.
Founded on the Meta hill by the viceroy Giovanni Vega in 1551, and called Carlentini in honor of Charles V and the town of Lentini, whose population it was intended to receive after an earthquake in 1542. But the inhabitans of Lentini never actually went there, and the town was inhabited by people from the surrounding country areas, especially after the next earthquake in 1693.
Of interest: not far from the town it is interesting to visit the Basilica del Murgo where work began in 1224; archeological zone of Leontinoi.
Families researched in those records include the following:
Links to other sites about Carlentini include:
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