Camporotondo Etneo | |
Official Name: | Comune di Camporotondo Etneo |
Coordinates: | 37.5667°N 15°W |
Region: | Sicily |
Metropolitan City: | Catania (CT) |
Frazioni: | Piano Tavola |
Mayor: | Filippo Privitera |
Area Total Km2: | 6.4 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 5052 |
Population As Of: | 30 November 2016 |
Population Demonym: | Camporotondesi |
Elevation M: | 445 |
Saint: | St. Anthony Abbot |
Day: | 17 January |
Postal Code: | 95040 |
Area Code: | 095 |
Website: | official website |
Camporotondo Etneo (scn|'''Campurutunnu Etneu''') is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Catania in the Italian region Sicily, located about 160km (100miles) southeast of Palermo and about 8km (05miles) northwest of Catania.
Camporotondo Etneo borders the following municipalities: Belpasso, Misterbianco, Motta Sant'Anastasia, San Pietro Clarenza.
The historical origins of the comune of Camporotondo Etneo go back to the 17th century when the marquise Diego Reitano obtained its property from Antonio Reitano. At that time the name of the town was not Camporotondo Etneo but Camporeale. Reitano was married with Teresa Mauroli, a noblewoman originary from Messina. In 1730, Camporotondo was a marquisate and, in 1733, Reitano became senator of Messina. In the 17th century, the high number of eruptions deeply altered the morphology of the land surrounding Camporeale leading to the decision to change the town name into Camporotondo.