Ventimiglia di Sicilia is a town and comune

Comune

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in the Province of Palermo

Province of Palermo

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, located in the autonomous region of Sicily

Sicily

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, Italy

Italy

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. Though "Ventimiglia di Sicilia" is its official name, in Sicilian

Sicilian language

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, the city is known as Calamigna.

Ventimiglia was founded in the 1620s by Don

Don (honorific)

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 Girolamo del Carretto. The town was named after his wife, Beatrice Ventimiglia. In 1863, "di Sicilia" was added to Ventimiglia, to differentiate the city from the town of Ventimiglia

Ventimiglia

Ventimiglia is a city and comune in Liguria, northern Italy, in the province of Imperia. It is located southwest of Genoa by rail, and 7 km from the French-Italian border, on the Gulf of Genoa, having a small harbour at the mouth of the Roia River, which divides the town into two parts...

 in Liguria

Liguria

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. The city is neighbored by the towns Baucina

Baucina

Baucina is a comune in the Province of Palermo in the Italian region of Sicily, located about 25 km southeast of Palermo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,003 and an area of 24.4 km²....

, Bolognetta

Bolognetta

Bolognetta is a comune in the Province of Palermo in the Italian region Sicily, located about 20 km southeast of Palermo...

, Caccamo

Caccamo

Caccamo is a town and comune located on the Tyrrhenian coast of Sicily in the Province of Palermo.-History:The official founding of Caccamo was not until 1093, when the Normans began building the castle on a rocky spur overlooking a cliff. The castle itself is actually now being slowly converted...

, Casteldaccia

Casteldaccia

Casteldaccia is a town and comune in the province of Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy. It is the seat of the Vini Corvo wine producer, and the Tomasello Pasta factory....

 and Ciminna

Ciminna

Ciminna is a Sicilian city in the province of Palermo, located approximately 30 miles south east of its capital, Palermo. The city's economy is derived mainly from agriculture and traditional crafts...

.

The town is also home to an advanced observatory, the Osservatorio di Ventimiglia di Sicilia "Ezio Brancato" (Ventimiglia di Sicilia Observatory) run by The Organizzazione Ricerche e Studi di Astronomia (Organization for the Research and Study of Astronomy) or ORSA, built in 2001.

External links

ORSA Observatory LinkOfficial Site