Bivona

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Comune di Bivona
Municipal coat of arms
Country	Italy
Region	Sicily
Province	Agrigento (AG)
Mayor	Vincenzo Di Salvo (from May 2002)

Elevation	503 m
Area	88 km²
Population
- Total (as of December 31, 2004)	4,069
- Density	47/km²
Time zone	CET, UTC+1
Coordinates	37°37′N, 13°26′E
Gentilic	Bivonesi
Dialing code	0922
Postal code	92010

Patron	Saint Rosalia
- Day	4 September
Website: www.bivona.net

Bivona is a mountain town of Sicily in the Province of Agrigento. The municipality has about 4,069 inhabitants.

Map of central Mediterranean Sea, showing location of Bivona on the island of Sicily. Map also shows mainland Italy, Tunisia, and the islands Sardinia and Corsica.

Municipal Territory of Bivona in the Province of Agrigento.

1 Main sights
2 Event
3 External links
4 Photo gallery

[edit] Main sights

The 14th century Mother Church

[edit] Event

The Most important event in the Summertime of Bivona is the Peach Festival, that is organized by the local government in the second half of august, and it is the main attraction of the small mountain town. The white Peach of Bivona, in fact, represent, besides a rare deliciousness, the most common cultivation in all region of Bivona.

The White Peach of Bivona.

[edit] External links

[edit] Photo gallery

Bivona's South Mountain	Bivona's North Mountain	Panorama from Castello	Sunset from Castello
Main Square	Guglielmo Marconi Square was like this	Arabic-Norman Portal	Detail of the Arabic-Norman Portal
View of the Marchese-Greco Palace	Luigi Pirandello High School