Tourist attractions Castroreale

Above the town there are the Greek acropolises, then the Arab fortifications to which have been added other ramparts: a Spanish rampart, then an Aragonese rampart with five conical topped towers. Inside is the castle built by Frederick II. In the..

Visitors will see remains of the impressive perimeter walls built under Dionysius the Elder. The Roman settlement contains thermal spas, taverns and a rich patrician house decorated with mosaics. The basilica is an attractive arcaded building w..

An attractive doorway in the Tuscan style with a stone counter from which customers were served... inside awaits a superb collection of pharmacy jars (238 of them!) dating from 1580 (all from all the workshop of Patanazzi, a ceramicist from Urbino)..

This cape offers you a spectacle with enchanting colours: over the striking deep blue of the sea, the subdued green of the plain lies alongside the brown hues of the rocky outcrop over a Mediterranean scrubland.

The church has an elegant Baroque portal which contrasts curiously with the 16C campanile which had for a long time been used as a watchtower. The interior boasts a pretty Saint Catherine of Alexandria dated 1534 and a Saint Mary of Jesus painted b..

Built in the 15C, this church has a plain façade with brick ornamentation and a Catalan Gothic-style portal.

This square is named after a wheat reserve ( peculio frumentario ) where local inhabitants could buy wheat for a modest sum. The arch on the viewing terrace behind the Monte di Pietà is believed to have come from a synagogue in what was probably the ..

This museum exhibits a wonderful collection of paintings and sculptures. Particularly eye-catching are a Byzantine-influenced painting on wood dating from 1420 depicting St Agatha, a beautiful 16C Flemish triptych of the The Nativity from Criscuolo..

Housed in a former oratory dedicated to St Philip Neri, this museum contains paintings as well as wood and marble sculptures, such as the marvellous funeral monument of Geronimo Rosso by Antonello Gagini . Paintings worthy of note include a Savio..

It is in this church, modified in the 19C, that you can see the Tall Christ , a statue in stucco and card-board which is held aloft on a pole during processions and which can be seen from anywhere in the town.

Dating from the 17C, this is interesting for the elegant Renaissance doorway topped by an eagle, symbol of royal protection, and a lunette sculpted in a low-relief depicting the Virgin surrounded by St Agatha and St Lucy.

Inside a surrounding wall of the old castle, this sanctuary with corner and arcaded windows in two-coloured stone, contains an attractive Madonna of the Snows by Antonello Gagini.

This has a lava rock campanile with three ranks of ogive windows and a doorway from 1587, sculpted with fine low-reliefs surrounding a lunette depicting the Annunciation decorated with plant motifs.

Standing on Piazza Caio Duilio (where a fish market is held every morning), the church has an elegant façade with an attractive portal (1620), its architrave sculpted with garlands and scrolls. In a niche is a statue of the Madonna of Consolation. To..

Built in the 1930s, the new cathedral has some valuable paintings, among which stand out an attractive Annunciation with intense colours and Venetian influenced, two St Nicholases attributed to Antonio Giuffre a painter from the school of Antonel..

The sea forms these small lagoons along the broad sandy strip at the foot of Cape Tindari. There is a rich variety of aquatic flora here, as well as interesting bird life. It is accessed via the beach, which fringes a very attractive bay of cryst..

This was founded by the Saint during his stay in 1464) and was remodelled afterwards, the sanctuary has an attractive curvilinear staircase in front and a tribune decorated with windows which adorn its attractive facade crowned with high roof timb..

This is bordered by the Palace of the Viceroys , built in the 16C and embellished two centuries later with balconies and Baroque consoles and by the church of Santissimo Salvatore, whose 18C facade is by Giovan Battista Vaccarini .

This church, which until 1782 housed the Inquisition, was built in the 16C but heavily remodelled in the 18C. Domenico Giordano , a painter from Messina, then decorated the interior with stucco and frescoes.

Dating from 1608, the old cathedral, located in the citadel, between the Spanish rampart and the Aragonese rampart, is a typical example of Sicilian Mannerism.... the decline of the upper town and the transfer to the lower town of the centres of poli..