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{{Infobox Italian comune
| name                = Burgio
| official_name       = Comune di Burgio
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| image_skyline       = Burgio 127 (AG) - Architettura spontanea.jpg
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| coordinates         = {{coord|37|36|N|13|17|E|type:city(3,031)_region:IT|display=inline,title}}
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| region              = [[Sicily]]
| province            = [[Province of Agrigento|Agrigento]] (AG)
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| mayor               = Vito Ferrantelli
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| area_total_km2      = 42.2
| population_footnotes = <ref name="istat">All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute [[National Institute of Statistics (Italy)|Istat]].</ref>
| population_total    = 2740
| population_as_of    = 31 December 2013
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| population_demonym  = Burgitani
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| elevation_m         = 317
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| saint               = [[St. Anthony the Abbot]]
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| postal_code         = 92010
| area_code           = 0925
| website             = {{official website|http://www.comune.burgio.ag.it/}}
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'''Burgio''' ([[Sicilian language|Sicilian]]: '''''Burgiu''''') is a ''[[comune]]'' (municipality) in the [[Province of Agrigento]] in the [[Italy|Italian]] region [[Sicily]], located about {{convert|60|km|mi}} south of [[Palermo]] and about {{convert|40|km|mi}} northwest of [[Agrigento]].
Burgio borders the following municipalities: [[Caltabellotta]], [[Chiusa Sclafani]], [[Lucca Sicula]], [[Palazzo Adriano]], [[Villafranca Sicula]].
== History ==
The exact date of the founding of Burgio is not known. However, it is known that it already existed in the 14th century, when the inhabitants of the nearby Scirtea joined those of Burgio.  The first sultan of Burgio was Ali Bin Chema (King Amir, of the [[Idrisid dynasty]]), who left his kingdom in inheritance to Hamud.  Hamud lost his kingdom in 1087  during the war against [[Roger I of Sicily]].   In 1282 Burgio's mayor was among several mayors invited to the Sicilian parliament by [[Peter I of Aragon]], King of Sicily.
== Main sights ==
*Baronial Castle
*Virgadamo Bell Foundry
*Ceramic Museum of Burgio - MUCIB
*Museum of Mummies
*Mother Church, standing in the highest part of the town. Dedicated to St. Anthony the Abbot (the patron saint), it was built in the 12th century and restored in the 14th century. It has a Renaissance external portal on the left side, with a lunette niche with a statue of the Madonna with Child, surrounded by small saints. Inside the church, in the chapel dedicated to the Madonna of Trapani, is a 16th-century statue of Madonna with Child by Vincenzo Gagini. The walls of the building are entirely decorated with  stuccoes. The church is also home to a large wooden crucifix dating from the 13th century.
*Church of San Rocco
*Church of San Giuseppe
*Church of San Vito
*Church of San Luca
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.comune.burgio.ag.it/ Official website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110722055408/http://www.theitalianheritage.it/?content=town,Burgio%7CAG%7C2faf3&lang=english Page at Italian Heritage website]
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