ITALIA TOUR

CASTRONOVO OF SICILY PALERMO

Castronovo di Sicilia is located about 600 meters above sea level on Sicani Monti, at kilometer 15 of the highway 189 Palermo Agrigento. It 'an Italian town of 3,133 inhabitants in the metropolitan city of Palermo in Sicily, is 72 km from Palermo and 58 from Agrigento.

wiki

The Rite of Truscitedda Oil Fair

The event aims to promote the culinary excellence of the territory through the Truscitedda, a bundle (the "truscia"), used by those who went to work in the fields, which contains all the goodness that are produced in Castronovo: cheeses, pastries, olive oil and cold meats, meat Sikelian Monti. During the event tasting dishes castronovese gastronomic tradition. The festival is a veritable laboratory of memory that showcases the subtleties and the tasty local identities, as Taralla, sweet typical local-shaped donut covered with icing. the sausages, the delicious cheeses, the 'oil, wine and Vucciddatu, sweet typical of the local tradition. The weekend will be a wonderful opportunity to admire the productions of 'local crafts and visit churches and museums, cultural routes and different shows are planned.

Do not miss a visit to the Palace Giandalia that houses the museum of Mario Del Monaco music with objects, costumes, recordings, pictures, photographs dedicated to the great Italian tenor.

Source / Author: Salvo Vitale