Menfi

Menfi is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Agrigento in the Italian region Sicily, located about 70 km southwest of Palermo and about 60 km northwest of Agrigento.

The town lies some 3 km from the south coast of Sicily, between the rivers Belice and Carboj. In 1910, a full third of the population of the town of Menfi had emigrated to the United States. Other major recipients were Argentina, Brazil, and Venezuela.

Main sights

 * A tower (Torre Federiciana), which is the remains of a medieval castle built by Frederick II of Hohenstaufen in 1238, perhaps over an Arab fortification.
 * Chiesa Madre ("Mother Church"), built in the 18th century but destroyed by an earthquake in 1968. It was later rebuilt.
 * Church of St. Joseph (1715).

The remains of an Iron Age prehistoric settlement were found in the 1980s outside of the town.

Twin towns

 * 🇮🇹 Canelli, Italy, since 1997
 * 🇦🇷 Chivilcoy, Argentina, since 1999
 * 🇩🇪 Ettlingen, Germany, since 2004

Notable People
Joe Masseria, former Boss of the Genovese Crime Family