Agrigento

The town and the province of Agrigento show a rich archeological and historical fortune. Once called Akragas it is one of the major cultural sites in the Mediterranean, the greatest time in Agrigento’s history was that of the Greeks, whose culture here assumed its own highly scenic particular forms. It became a wealthy diocese in 1087 under the Normans. The most famous places of Agrigento are Pirandello’s house and the Valley of the temples; the temple of Concordia, the Temple of Juno Lacinia, the temple of Hercules, the temple of Jupiter seem to be eternally set in memory of that reached full growth on the mainland.

Typical food in Palermo

The characteristic food of Palermo is "pane epanelle", pasta with fresh fried sardines.
The typical Sicilian cassata, a cake made with almond-cream, ricotta cheese cream and candied fruit The “frutta martorana” and cannoli.

Sferracavallo and Isola delle Femmine

Any well know and charming sea resorts are the coves between Sferracavallo and Isola delle Femmine, the long beach and the small fishermen’s village of Mondello. Following the sea along the eastern coast there are Bagheria, termini and Cefalù, famous for its architectural beauties deserve.

Palermo

Sicily is divided into 9 provinces, Palermo is both capital and the centre of regional government. Palermo Cathedral This city can be considered a real synthesis of the many different cultures and civilizations, politics and domination wich succeded in Sicily throughout the centuries. Founded by the Phoenicians, it soon became a centre of trade and political interests, in Norman and Arab times. Its many monuments, especially the baroque, give it a characteristic appearance. This magnificent capital of sicily is still a century-old city with an interesting layout, and while great and important treasures are kept in its museums, Monreale and Cefalù as well Palermo uniquely interesting poles of attraction. All three cities have famous beautiful mosaic. One of Palermo’s well conserved jewels is the Norman palatine chapel built at the time roger II; it is in Palazzo dei Normanni, the seat of the Sicilian regional assembly. Therefore a careful observer will not miss to notice traces of the Arabian Palermo, for example the cupolas of san Giovanni degli eremiti a those of san Giovanni dei Lebbrosi, the cathedral and the martorana in wich is grafted the Norman style of many residences and churches. Rulers who came by sea wanted these monuments to beautify the capital of their kingdom, so they set up the first structures of the cathedral and also those of the palace, which today is the seat of regional parliament. Palermo is a baroque town in its feasts as well. Many of these had very old traditions and habits. It is so for the feast of Santa Rosalia, the patron saints to whom many pilgrims address with devotion; it is so for many different ways of expressing one’s religiousness, almost in the pagan way, following the procession of good Friday; and finally, it is so in the evocative “feast of the dead”. But Palermo is its sea a well, even if it is a bit hidden from our view by its harbour.

Sicily

Sicily is the largest Island in the Mediterranean. Inhabited since the dawn of prehistory, it is washed by three seas: the Tyrrhenian, Ionian and central Mediterranean. Most of its surface is mountainous or hilly. Etna The highest peak is Etna, this is Europe’s largest and most active vulcano. It lies on the east side of island in the province of Catania. The Egadi Island - Cala Rossa, Favignana In the seas round Sicily, the Aeolian or Lipari archipelago and Ustica lie to the north, the Egadi islands, a variegated and outstanding as well as a particulary beautiful archeological, geological, places for a really special holiday.The most extensive plain on the island is the Piana di Catania, at the foot of Etna. The climate is marine but also montane, prevalently the former, with the result that temperatures are mild, rarely rising to extremes in summer and winter. The brilliant clear light here, vitalizing certain plants and crops, means that the flora is typical Mediterranean as like the olive tree, vineyard and famous oranges of Catania.

Where's Alcamo

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Oil

The cultivation of olive trees is carried out in our area. The climate and the soil are ideal for a good ripening of the olives. The process of picking and selection is carried out by hand and the phase of working guarantees the production of an exquisite olive oil.

Rosalia IVASS