Polizzi Generosa


Polizzi Generosa is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Palermo on the island of Sicily, southern Italy. The town sits in the hills at above sea level.

History

The site of Polizzi shows signs of human occupation dating to the 6th century BC, with archaeological findings including coins from Himera, Carthaginian remains and a Hellenistic necropolis. In the 4th century it was a Carthaginian fortress occupied by mercenaries from Campania.
The town probably developed as a population centre in the late Middle Ages, growing around the castle built by the Norman Count of Sicily Roger I in 1076.

People

People with connections to Polizzi Generosa include: