Menfi
Menfi is a comune in the Province of Agrigento in the Italian region Sicily, located about southwest of Palermo and about northwest of Agrigento.
The town lies some 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, which is the remains of a medieval castle built by Frederick II of Hohenstaufen in 1238, perhaps over an Arab fortification.
- Chiesa Madre, built in the 18th century but destroyed by an earthquake in 1968. It was later rebuilt.
- Church of St. Joseph.