Linguaglossa

{{Infobox Italian comune

| name = Linguaglossa

| official_name = Comune di Linguaglossa

| native_name = {{native name|scn|Linguarossa}}

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| coordinates = {{coord|37|51|N|15|08|E|region:IT_type:city(5401)|display=inline}}

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| region = Sicily

| metropolitan_city = Catania (CT)

| frazioni = Catena

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| mayor = Salvatore Puglisi

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| area_total_km2 = 60.25

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 5353

| population_as_of = 30 September 2017

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| population_demonym = Linguaglossesi

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| elevation_m = 550

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| saint = St. Giles

| day = September 1

| postal_code = 95015

| area_code = 095

| website = {{official website|http://www.comune.linguaglossa.ct.it/}}

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Linguaglossa ({{langx|scn|Linguarossa}}) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Catania in Sicily, located on the northern side of Mount Etna where there is also a ski resort with view on the Ionian Sea. It was founded on a lava stream in 1566. The name literally means 'Tongue Tongue', with {{lang|la|lingua}} and {{lang|grc|γλῶσσα}} (glôssa) being respectively the Latin and Greek words for 'tongue',{{cite web |url=http://www.comune.linguaglossa.ct.it/la_citt_/Storia.aspx |title=Comune di Linguaglossa |website=www.comune.linguaglossa.ct.it |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105070215/http://www.comune.linguaglossa.ct.it/la_citt_/Storia.aspx |archive-date=2018-01-05}} {{Cite web|url=http://www.virtualsicily.it/Storia-linguaglossa-CT-62|title = Storia-e-cultura-linguaglossa}} but actually derives from {{lang|it|lingua grossa}}, short for {{lang|it|grossa lingua di lava}} 'a big tongue of lava'.{{cite web |url=https://sicilia.indettaglio.it/eng/comuni/ct/linguaglossa/linguaglossa.html | title=Town of Linguaglossa }}

Main sights

Sights of Linguaglossa include the Chiesa Madre, also known as La Matrice, erected in 1613, and the Church of Saint Giles, who is the town's patron saint.

The Francesco Messina Museum offers a collection of work of Francesco Messina (portraits, horses, ballerinas) and Salvatore Incorpora.

File:Santa Maria delle Grazie (2) (Linguaglossa).jpg, in lava stone]]

References

External links

{{cite web|last=Barbagallo|first=Tricia|url=http://www.archives.nysed.gov/apt/magazine/MagSummer05FeatureArticle_000.pdf|title=Black Beach: The Mucklands of Canastota, New York|date=June 1, 2005|accessdate=2008-06-04|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625012111/http://www.archives.nysed.gov/apt/magazine/MagSummer05FeatureArticle_000.pdf|archivedate=June 25, 2008}}

Category:Municipalities of the Metropolitan City of Catania