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Sutera is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Caltanissetta in the Italian region Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo and about west of Caltanissetta. The area is dominated by a large monolithic rock termed "The Mountain of San Paolino". Upon this mountain sits the bones of the patron Saints of the town, San Paolino and San Onofrio. On the Feast of San Onofrio, almost all those in the town walk to the top of the mountain, as a pilgrimage to the saints.
Sutera holds the award of "bandiere arancioni"1 from the touring club Italiano. Sutera is currently the only place in Sicily to hold this accolade, which is awarded to touristic areas of excellence. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,649 and an area of .
Sutera borders the following municipalities: Acquaviva Platani, Bompensiere, Campofranco, Casteltermini, Milena, Mussomeli.
Sutera has UK twinning links with the Borough of Broxbourne.
Recently, the population has had a decrease because of the lack of work in the area. Youngsters move abroad leaving Sutera only with elder citizens.
Sutera is a genus of annual and perennial flowering plants and shrubs of the family Scrophulariaceae mainly confined to Africa. S cordata was named Manulea cordata in 1800 by Thunberg. Bentham renamed it Chaenostoma in 1836, Kuntze changed it to Sutera in 1891 on the grounds of Synonymy. In 1994 Hilliard considered the two terms subgenera of Sutera, but in 2005 Kornhall and Bremer (see external link) separated the two again, placing S cordata in Chaenostoma.
Selected species:
- Sutera calcina
- Sutera cordata syn. Sutera diffusus, Chaenostoma cordatum - Bacopa
- Sutera floribunda
- Sutera grandiflora