PETRALIA SOTTANA

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PALERMO

SICILIA

2618 INHABITANTS

50 KM FROM THE SEA

A small mountain center rich in art, culture, nature, traditions and water.

The history of the village

The only Sicilian municipality awarded the Orange Flag, a mark of quality tourism environment of the Italian Touring Club.

Petralia Sottana is located in the heart of Sicily, at 1000m asl in a large protected area within the Madonie Park. Here there are geological sites significant for scientific quality, rarity, biodiversity and educational value. For this reason it is one of the few Sicilian sites to be part of the Unesco European Geopark Network.

As for its origins, the first settlements date back to 3000 BC, to the Paleolithic and Neolithic period of which, in 1937, were found several testimonies in the cave of "Vecchiuzzo". Later, the Greek and Roman civilizations left behind several traces of their passage, but it is the Arab domination to have affected the history of this village full of charm.

History that can be rediscovered also through the path of the Urban Geological Path, a unique itinerary in Europe, marked with brass studs, leading to discover fossils of the Miocene, corals on the portals of houses and churches, karst caves, springs in the city center, up to an ancient snow machine.

Good news also for good forks. The "Feast of Flavors Madoniti Autumn" is proposed as one of the most interesting, and tasty, gastronomic events throughout Sicily. Beyond the many shows and cultural appointments, it is an occasion not to be missed to know better the products of the territory. Among the most typical ones, it is impossible to miss the badda bean, the basil ricotta and the manna of Madonie.

Finally, Petralia Sottana has always demonstrated a fervent activism for the facts of modern and contemporary history, always participating in first person in the various movements for social redemption and political struggles for civil rights.

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