Walking
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Walking |
… walking… for Castiglione di Sicilia between noccioleti and vineyards… |
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Castiglione di Sicilia 621 m.s.l.m., in province of Catania on the depositor north of the Etna is one of the municipalities of the Park of the Etna and the Fluvial Park of the Alcantara. It is an ancient fortification, the ancient Castrum Leonis, that it dominates the Valley of the Alcantara. It was lived by the Gerci that constructed on the cliff a point of fortified sight; from the Roman that constructed many bridges; from the Arabs who revolutionized the systems of irrigation and from Normanni and Svevi under which divenne city direction, while Ruggero of Lauria was the last feudatario. Our distance begins visiting the medieval village, the castle, the squares, the narrow lanes, the churches the nobiliari palaces and the alleys with the votive niches. |
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From here crossing fields of noccioleti and vines until Byzantine Cuba of Domenica Saint, the more important perhaps cubes Byzantine present in Sicily. National monument, once rich of frescoes of Byzantine invoice while the facade is characterized by a large one trifora with the inside enriched from cross vaults.
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| From Byzantine Cuba a narrow lane leads to us on the Alcantara river where we can be refreshed and admire the small throats of the Alcantara. | ||
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