Tourist attractions Montalbano Elicona

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..

The villa dates from the 1C AD and is made up of living quarter and a small spa installation. The house itself runs around a square peristyle . The tablinium still encloses a pavement of black and white mosaics. The spas are in a semi-circular bas..

This Norman era church situated beside a cemetery has preserved a finely worked portal in limestone, despite having been rebuilt several times.

Patti was built to the level of a Bishop's palace by King Roger in 1131, then to the level of a Royal city in 1312 by Frederick III of Aragon, and it finally received the tile of "Magnanimous" from Charles V. Around the medieval streets and..

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 luxurious villa was discovered during construction work for the motorway. Visitors can make out a portico with columns and a peristyle onto which open several rooms which have preserved some very attractive mosaics.

The church was begun in the 13C and has been altered many times since. Of the original structure, only the powerful Norman apses embellished by sober small blind arcades remain. The neo-Gothic façade and campanile date from the 19C.

This is flanked by the church of the same name. Its facade is built on basalt and the belltower dates from 1783. Also standing there is the Clarentano palace (1508), identifiable by its attractive twin windows divided by small columns and the small..

Today only part of the palace’s façade remains: attractive bicoloured banding and twin windows embellish it. Famous figures in history stayed here before the earthquake destroyed it in 1693: Joan of England, William II the Norman, Constance of Aragon..

Rebuilt in the 17C, the church has an attractive campanile on one side and is decorated with elegant ogive windows dating from the 13C-14C. A pointed spire on an octagonal base rises above its crenellations. Inside there are two Madonnas from the Sch..

This charming small street leaves the St Nicholas square and owes its name to the arcades on either side.

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.