Sampieri

Frazione in Sicily, Italy

36°43′18.4″N 14°44′13.7″E / 36.721778°N 14.737139°E / 36.721778; 14.737139Country

ItalyRegion

SicilyProvinceRagusa (RG)ComuneScicliElevation

10 m (30 ft)Population

(2011)^[1]

• Total669DemonymSampiruoti / SampierotiTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

97018

Dialing code(+39) 0932WebsiteOfficial website

Sampieri (Sicilian: Sampèri) is a southern Italian fishing village and hamlet (frazione) of Scicli, a municipality in the Province of Ragusa, Sicily. In 2011 it had a population of 669.^[1]

History

Originally settled in the 6th century BC with the name of Apolline, it was known as Marsa Siklah (Scicli Harbour) during the Arab domination of Sicily.^[2]

Geography

The village is located by the Mediterranean Coast, between Cava d'Aliga (3 km west) and Marina di Modica (4 km east). It is 10 km from Scicli, 11 from Pozzallo, 12 from Donnalucata, 22 from Marina di Ragusa and Ispica, 25 from Modica and Rosolini, and 38 from Ragusa.^[3] Sampieri railway station, located just outside the village, is part of the Canicattì-Gela-Ragusa-Syracuse railway.^[4]

Main sights

The Fornace Penna, a brickyard built in 1909 in the locality Pisciotto,^[5] represents an industrial archaeological monument. With the fictional name of Mànnara, the furnace was filmed in several episodes of the Italian TV series Inspector Montalbano.^[6]^[7]

Gallery

Fornace Penna
The beach of Sampieri

References

^ ^a ^b (in Italian) Sampieri on italia.indettaglio.it
^ (in Italian) History of Sampieri (sampieri.it)
^ 355548852 Sampieri on OpenStreetMap
^ 914387099 Sampieri railway station on OpenStreetMap
^ (in Italian) Pisciotto (sampieri.it)
^ (in Italian) "Scicli, the furnace of Montalbano searcing for a new life". Corriere della Sera
^ "The Fornace Penna of Montalbano". La Sicilia