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Pachino, located on the most southern tip of Sicily, was founded in 1760 by Principe Gaetano Starrabba and his brother Vincenzo the Marchese of Rudini`.  Pachino now has about 25,000 inhabitants, a population kept low by a history of immigration.  There are about 12,000 people living in the Greater Toronto who can say that they were born in Pachino or are sons and daughters of Pachinesi.

Vieni, Assettiti 'nta lu salottu di l'essire miu,

La Parola é d'oru e lu silenziu é di ferru arrugghiatu. (Corrado Di Pietro)

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City Square "Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II."

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                                  Inside "Chiesa Madre"                                        Cliffs Just Outside Pachino

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Pachino Aerial View of the Piazza and Sorroundings                    Pre-Historic Caves in Contrada "Cugni"

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                                       Natural Spring Water "Aqua ai Colombi"                                                The XibiniTower kilroy.gif (2365 bytes)

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Updated 17 June, 2002