Menfi

Menfi is a comune (municipality) located in the Province of Agrigento, in the Sicilian Region of Southern Italy, about southwest of Palermo and about northwest of Agrigento.

The town lies some from the south coast of Sicily, between the rivers Belice and Carboj. In 1910, a full third of the population of the town of Menfi had emigrated to the United States. Other major recipients were Argentina, Brazil, and Venezuela.

Main sights

• A tower (Torre Federiciana), which is the remains of a medieval castle built by Frederick II of Hohenstaufen in 1238, perhaps over an Arab fortification.
• Chiesa Madre ("Mother Church"), built in the 18th century but destroyed by an earthquake in 1968. It was later rebuilt.
• Church of St. Joseph (1715).

The remains of an Iron Age prehistoric settlement were found in the 1980s outside of the town.

Twin towns

• Canelli, Italy, since 1997
• Chivilcoy, Argentina, since 1999
• Ettlingen, Germany, since 2004

Notable people

Joe Masseria, former Boss of the Genovese Crime Family

References

External links

• Official website

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