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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: January 29, 2013
Caption: Plaque on the Santa Rosalia statue
Additional Description: Santa Rosalia
Patron Saint of the Italian
Fishermen in Monterey
Palermo 1132 – September 4, 1166 This monument is respectfully and gratefully dedicated in memory of those courageous Sicilian fishermen whose labors and pioneering spirit, at the beginning of the 20th century, created and developed a great sardine industry and whose heritage and culture contributed significantly to the growth of this city and its surrounding area.

The Italian Heritage Society of the Monterey Peninsula
Monterey September 4, 1979
Submitted: February 6, 2013, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p233178
File Size: 3.632 Megabytes

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