What you can visit

Born among the end of XI century and the first ones of the XII to work of immigrants "lombardi" to the succession of the Norman ones, Aidone has a rich history and deeply woven to the crucial political stories of Sicily. Important for his exceptional strategic position, in the heart of the island it was of the "Rosso" and of the "Gioieni", often insurgent and ransacked, always reborn, before being stricken from the 1693 earthquake. City of great cultural vivacity, possesses an interesting historical center, with an architectural patrimony - artistic of medieval imprint strongly, and with testimonies up to the slow one '700 and '800.

The processions of the "Santùna", tall apostles over three meters, are the particular one of the rites of the week Saint in the medieval city of Aidone. A tradition very felt, that continuous from six hundred actually to Our days
 

Placed in the territory of the Commune of Aidone and to few kilometers by the historical center of the same, the archaeological site of Morgantina it is him to consider the discovery archaeological more important sort in Sicily. Vast urban agglomeration of a flourishing Greek Polis, the finds coming from the excavations effected in the ancient city are exposed in the Archaeological Museum of Aidone.

To around 10 - 15 Km from the Commune of Aidone, one rise some most prestigious sites to the world, archaeological testimony of Roman Sicily of the imperial times d.C.. The Villa extends him for around 3.500mq, and it is formed from a great carpet "musivo" of geometric and narrative style, elegantly performed to plot motley with variety of subjects and jewels you draw. Only to the world it represents for researchers and tourists an obligatory destination of all the tourist runs of the island.

The city of Piazza Armerina , strongly tied up to his Norman past, it is note for to have preserved intact his historical center, enriched by the so many monuments from the beautiful noble buildings and from his one hundred churches.

City of the ceramics for excellence, Caltagirone rises from a millennial tradition that goes up again to the V century. a.C., that has done of this art a cult. Museum to the open one where the visitors can perceive in every angle, "maioliche" and real masterpieces of skilled hands of potters. The city excels for its colored architecture in which its permanent museums and the famous stairway of S. Maria of the Mountain are one of the most important attractions of every season of the year.

Chief town of province taller than Italy, during the centuries you have known how to maintain intact his/her numerous wonder in style Gothic-Catalan, Renaissance and Baroque, always giving a great historical importance to his past. Center of the known Castle of Lombardy and the Tower of Fred, the city of Enna boasts to have two Museums where documents of great historical importance and present finds of prehistoric life are guarded before the "ellenizzazione" of the territory.