Mezzojuso

Mezzojuso is a city in the province of Palermo in the Italian region Sicily, with 2981 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012).

Location and data

Mezzojuso is located 48 km south of Palermo. The inhabitants mainly work in agriculture, forestry or wood processing. The Catholics of the Byzantine as the Latin Rite of Piana degli Albanesi belong to the Eparchy.

The neighboring municipalities are Campo Felice di Fitalia, Cefalà Diana, Ciminna, Godrano and Villafrati.

History

The Arabs founded here the village of Yusuf Manzil, the present name is derived from it. In the middle of the 15th century also flourished in the Albanian refugees.

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