Montelepre
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{{Infobox Italian comune
| name = Montelepre
| official_name = Comune di Montelepre
| native_name = {{native name|scn|Muncilebbri}}
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| image_shield = Montelepre-Stemma.svg
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| coordinates = {{coord|38|06|N|13|10|E|region:IT_type:city(6202)|display=inline,title}}
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| region = Sicily
| metropolitan_city = Palermo (PA)
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| mayor = Giuseppe Terranova
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| area_total_km2 = 9
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 6202
| population_as_of = December 31, 2004
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| population_demonym = Monteleprini
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 342
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| saint = SS. Crucifix
| day = June 13
| postal_code = 90040
| area_code = 091
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Montelepre ({{IPA|it|monteˈleːpre}}; {{langx|scn|Muncilebbri}}) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. It is known for having been the native city of Sicilian bandit Salvatore Giuliano,Chandler, Billy Jaynes, King of the Mountain, Northern Illinois University Press, 1988 ISBN 978-0875801407, Page 7 of architect Rosario Candela, as well as the ancestral homeland of the American singer, actor, and congressman Sonny Bono, whose father Santo Bono was born in the town.{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800057596/bio |title=Sonny Bono Biography |publisher=Yahoo! Movies |accessdate=October 8, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100217050528/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800057596/bio |archivedate=February 17, 2010 }}
Main sights
- The Church of Maria Santissima del Rosario
References
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{{Province of Palermo}}
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Category:Municipalities of the Metropolitan City of Palermo
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