Poggioreale

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Poggioreale is a small Sicilian town in western Italy, largely known for being destroyed by the 1968 Belice earthquake and subsequently rebuilt nearby.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Poggioreale canonical 2
new Poggioreale 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
town
administrativeStatus comune
belongsTo Italian Republic
continent Europe
country Italy
countrySubdivision Province of Trapani
Region of Sicily
culturalRegion Belice area
geographicFeature hilly area
governedBy Mayor of Poggioreale
governmentType Italian municipal administration
hasEvent 1968 Belice earthquake
hasHistoricalPeriod 20th century destruction
post-1968 reconstruction
hasPart new Poggioreale
old Poggioreale
hasType rural settlement
heritageStatus abandoned historic center
knownFor being rebuilt nearby after earthquake
destruction in 1968 Belice earthquake
ghost town ruins
languageUsed Italian
locatedIn Province of Trapani
Sicily
southern Italy
linked to: Southern Italy

western Sicily
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
locatedNear Gibellina
Partanna
Salaparuta
Santa Ninfa
originalSettlementStatus largely abandoned
partOf Belice Valley
linked to: Valle del Belice
postalSystem Italian postal code system
reconstructedAs new Poggioreale
linked to: Poggioreale
reconstructedSettlementStatus inhabited
reconstructionLocation nearby site to original town
regionalLanguage Sicilian
roadNetwork Sicilian regional roads
seismicRisk earthquake-prone area
significantEvent destruction in 1968 Belice earthquake
telephoneSystem Italian telephone numbering plan
tourismAttraction ruins of old Poggioreale
tourismType dark tourism
urbanForm planned new town after 1968
wasDestroyedBy 1968 Belice earthquake

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Province of Trapani contains Poggioreale
Gibellina locatedNear Poggioreale
Poggioreale reconstructedAs new Poggioreale
linked to: Poggioreale