RACALMUTO
Racalmuto, a city of about 10,500
inhabitants, lies on a plateau inland at 445m asl in the province
of Agrigento. It grew during the feudal age around a Castle built
by Federico Chiaramonte. The subsequent Lords of the city were the
members of the aristocratic Del Carretto family. In the 16th century
the city entered a period of urban development notably related to
the establishment of Carmelitan, Franciscan, Minor and Agostinian
monasteries on the area.
Racalmuto has much to offer both
artistically and historically. The major secular buildings are the
mentioned 1200’s Chiaramonte Castle, with two circular towers,
the Palazzo Municipale and the Teatro Regina Margherita.
Among the main religious buildings
are the 1700’s Chiesa Madre dedicated to the Annunciation,
with precious paintings by Pietro d’Asaro depicting the Madonna
della Catena and San Nicola di Bari; the small Chiesa di Santa Lucia,
near the Santuario di Santa Maria del Monte, now used as a sacristy;
the minor churches of the Carmelitan Fathers, San Giuliano, Itria
and Santa Maria del Gesù – in a miserable condition.
In the city environs are other interesting
tourist destinations, like the 1300’s fortress belonged to
the Chiaramontes – built on a former fortification –,
an ancient necropolis, potassium deposits, sulphur and salt mines.
Racalmuto was the birth-place of writer Leonardo Sciascia who here
spent nearly all his life and is buried in the city’s small
cemetery.
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AGRIGENTO
Alessandria Della Rocca
Aragona
Bivona
Burgio
Calamonaci
Caltabellotta
Camastra
Cammarata
Campobello Di Licata
Canicattì
Casteltermini
Castrofilippo
Cattolica Eraclea
Cianciana
Comitini
Favara
Grotte
Joppolo Giancaxio
Lampedusa
Licata
Linosa
Lucca Sicula
Menfi
Montallegro
Montevago
Naro
Palma di Montechiaro
Porto Empedocle
Raffadali
Racalmuto
Ravanusa
Realmonte
Ribera
Sambuca Di Sicilia
San Biagio Platani
San Giovanni Gemini
Sant'angelo Muxaro
S. Margherita di Belice
Santa Elisabetta
S. Stefano di Quisquina
Sciacca
Siculiana
Villafranca Sicula
Isole
Pelagie
Lampedusa
Linosa
Lampione
Capobianco
Eraclea Minoa
Valle Dei Templi
Monte Kronio
Casa Natale Luigi Pirandello
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