Sant'Angelo Muxaro

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Sant'Angelo Muxaro Sant'Àncilu Muxaru (Sicilian)
Comune
Comune di Sant'Angelo Muxaro
Coat of arms
Location of Sant'Angelo Muxaro
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Coordinates: 37°28′15″N 13°32′47″E / 37.47083°N 13.54639°E / 37.47083; 13.54639
Country	Italy
Region	Sicily
Province	Agrigento (AG)
Government
• Mayor	Angelo Tirrito
Area [1]
• Total	64.55 km2 (24.92 sq mi)
Elevation	335 m (1,099 ft)
Population  (30 November 2016)[2]
• Total	1,330
• Density	21/km2 (53/sq mi)
Demonym	Santangelesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	92020
Dialing code	0922
Patron saint	St. Angelus of Jerusalem
Saint day	August 16
Website	Official website

Sant'Angelo Muxaro (Italian: [sanˈtandʒelo muʃˈʃaːro]; Sicilian: Sant'Àncilu Muxaru or Musciaru; Arbëreshë Albanian: Shënt'Ëngjëlli) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Agrigento in the Italian region of Sicily, located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) south of Palermo and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Agrigento. The town was founded and historically inhabited by the Arbëreshë community.^[3]

The early urban origins of this territory remain undefined. An important Iron Age village arose around the 13th century BC by indigenous people, identified with the Sicani . Archaeologically the village constitutes a valid chronological guide for local production of objects from the first native societies to the relationship with the first Greek settlers during the great season of the apoikiai during the 8th - 7th century BC.^[4]

The town is sitting atop of a hill, partially excavated. To this day a small part has revealed a collection of small and big tombs, varying in size, carved in soft stone. In it proximity many small necropolises can be found.

Four gold and silver bowls dating from 650 to 600 BC were found in a tomb in the vicinity of the village in the 18th century, by Paolo Orsi. Only one gold bowl remains, now in the British Museum's collection. The BM's phiale is decorated with 6 striding bulls and has become a symbol of Sant'Angelo Muxaro.^[5] The Archeological Museum of Agrigento, adjacent to the Valley of the Temples, holds a selection of vases found in the vicinity of the village, mainly inside tombs.

Following the Ottoman invasion of Albania in the late fifteenth century, the present town was colonized by Albanian refugees. The centre of the town was founded in 1506^[6] with further building in 1511. The town retained a distinct Italo-Albanian or Arbëreshë culture for many years. In the early 17th century the town was still an Arbëreshë settlement but now the Arbëresh language has disappeared from usage.

In 1600, the barony was acquired by the Princes of Castelvetrano, D'Aragona and Tagliavia and finally came under the jurisdiction of Pignatelli, Dukes of Monteleone, who kept it until 1812, when feudalism was suppressed in Sicily.

Sant'Angelo Muxaro borders the following municipalities: Agrigento, Alessandria della Rocca, Aragona, Casteltermini, Cattolica Eraclea, Cianciana, Raffadali, San Biagio Platani, Santa Elisabetta.

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