Salaparuta

Salaparuta is a town and comune

Comune

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in South-Western Sicily

Sicily

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, Italy

Italy

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, in the valley of the Belice

Belice

The Belice is a river, 77 km in length, of western Sicily. From its main source near Piana degli Albanesi it runs south and west for 45.5 km as the Belice Destra until it is joined on the left by its secondary branch, the 42 km Belice Sinistro , which rises on the slopes of Rocca Busambra...

 river, administratively part of the province of Trapani

Province of Trapani

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. It had 1,781 inhabitants as of 2007.

In 1968 the original site of the town was near epicentre of the Belice Valley earthquake. As a result, Salaparuta was completely destroyed and rebuilt not far from the original location. The current Salaparuta is still home to many of the citizens of the old town.

Salaparuta is popularly known for its Salaparuta DOC wine production, also the main income source for the town.