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Location: Palermo, Sicily, Italy

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1. Rocky Cliffs – Capo Gallo Nature Reserve loop from Sferracavallo

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2. Capo Gallo Nature Reserve – Rocky Cliffs loop from Sferracavallo

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3. Capo Gallo Nature Reserve – Rocky Cliffs loop from Mondello

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🇮🇹 Gius-Mundo 🇪🇺

June 13, 2023

But why is there a village in Sicily, albeit a miniature one, like the one you can visit in Puglia? It would seem that everything revolves around a chapel, still today a point of reference for many of the faithful in the area. What is considered a sanctuary was a destination for pilgrims who reached there on foot or on horseback. However, it was consecrated as such by some inhabitants of Sferracavallo who, over the years, have fueled the false myth that is still widespread today in popular culture, namely that it is a small church.

However, that small building is none other than the casemate of a Bourbon fort built in 1802, together with other forts and forts located in strategic points on the coast of Palermo in defense of the royal family, who arrived from Naples in December 1799. That small open-air theater moreover, it was recently built on the perimeter of the wall that protected the battery with the artillery pieces.

Source: amp.palermotoday.it

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🇮🇹 Gius-Mundo 🇪🇺

June 13, 2023

A place of worship for those who fell at sea, therefore, it was actually a guard outpost, which is why it was re-appellated, in honor of the facts, "Fortino". It is there that, all around, what may seem like an open-air museum was created, made up of trulli overlooking the sea.

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🇮🇹 Gius-Mundo 🇪🇺

June 13, 2023

seafront of Sferracavallo, not far from the natural reserve of Capo Gallo, in what was once called Punta della Vaccarella due to the numerous pastures in the area, real trulli emerge.

In fact, not many know that in Punta Barcarello it is not so much the landscape between the sea and the mountains that enchants, but the mini-village with the typical limestone houses of Alberobello in southern Puglia which, today, are part of the Unesco heritage. Together with the Sicilian trulli, just over a meter high, it is also possible to admire a small Egyptian sphinx, a miniature amphitheater and a large fishing boat now used as a planter.

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Location: Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Trulli of Punta Barcarello

1. Rocky Cliffs – Capo Gallo Nature Reserve loop from Sferracavallo

2. Capo Gallo Nature Reserve – Rocky Cliffs loop from Sferracavallo

3. Capo Gallo Nature Reserve – Rocky Cliffs loop from Mondello

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