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Provinces:
Agrigento
Caltagirone
Cefalu
Enna
Erice
Palermo
Piazza Armerina
Siracusa
Taormina
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Sicilia: Enna
Enna is a lovely
hill town (the highest in Sicily) right in the center of Sicily.
Via Roma is the main street in town. At the top of the
town you’ll be rewarded with the Castello di Lombardia,
a 13th century castle for Frederick II (where didn’t
he have a castle?). At one time there were 20 towers to this
fortress (you’ll see the six remaining). You’ll be
speechless by the views from here (take photos). The Baroque
duomo (14th century) has a pretty façade
and supposedly was built over Persephone’s Temple. Just
behind the duomo are the Museo Alessi (with items from
the Cathedral Treasury) and the Museo Archeologico/Museo
Varisano (with artifacts from the region). The Chiesa
di San Francesco has a 15th century Gothic campanile/bell
tower. The public gardens have a great tower (the town had
many) called Torre di Federico. Supposedly there was
a secret passage from the castello to this tower…..Market
day is Tuesday in Enna.
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