Caltagirone is closely linked to the history and evolution of ceramic art. Its origins date back to prehistoric times and its development continued under the many different rulers and cultures that dominated over the centuries. Numerous clay pits and

Besides being known for its ceramics, Caltagirone is also known as the City of the Nativity Scene for the famous creations of its master potters and figurines of shepherds for sale in numerous workshops. There are also many nativity scenes, in terrac

Every year on August 12, 13 and 14 in Piazza Armerina, a beautiful medieval festival takes place in memory of the holy war waged against the Muslims of Count Ruggero I, which led to the city’s liberation. The Norman Palio is the most important recons

About 5 km south of the city is the Villa Romana del Casale, whose discovery is the most important archaeological find of the last fifty years. Its immense value for documenting the history of art is mainly due to more than 40 polychrome mosaic floor

Even the building is worth a visit; the Regional Archaeological Museum was in fact placed in the former Capuchin monastery and church of San Francesco, a recently restored 18th century complex to best tell the story of Morgantina from the Bronze Age

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1,192 meters high, it was one of the key points of division in the valleys by the Arabs (Val Demone, Val di Mazzara and Noto Valley): then was named “Mount Ereo” or airplane (soaring into the sky?). “As tall as the Altesina” is