Palazzolo Acreide

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Palazzolo Acreide
Comune
Comune di Palazzolo Acreide
View of the town from the acropolis of ancient Akrai
Location of Palazzolo Acreide
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Coordinates: 37°04′N 14°54′E / 37.067°N 14.900°E / 37.067; 14.900
Country	Italy
Region	Sicily
Province	Syracuse (SR)
Government
• Mayor	Salvatore Gallo
Area [1]
• Total	86.34 km2 (33.34 sq mi)
Elevation	670 m (2,200 ft)
Population  (30 November 2017[2])[3]
• Total	8,668
• Density	100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Demonym	Palazzolesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	96010
Dialing code	0931
Patron saint	St. Paul
Saint day	June 29
Website	Official website
UNESCO World Heritage Site
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Part of	Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)
Criteria	Cultural: (i)(ii)(iv)(v)
Reference	1024rev-006
Inscription	2002 (26th Session)
Area	1.37 ha (147,000 sq ft)
Buffer zone	33.74 ha (3,632,000 sq ft)

Palazzolo Acreide (Sicilian: Palazzolu, in the local dialect: Palazzuolu) is a town and comune in the Province of Syracuse, Sicily (southern Italy). It is 43 kilometres (27 mi) from the city of Syracuse in the Hyblean Mountains. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").^[4]