20의 알레산드리아 델라 로카가지 명소 & 주요 장소

very nice town, but how much climbing to get there!!!

Formerly known as Santo Stefano di Melia and then Santo Stefano di Bivona, Santo Stefano Quisquina assumed its current name in 1863. Surrounded by the Sicani mountains, it boasts important monuments such as the hermitage of Santa Rosalia and the Mother Church. With rich natural and architectural resources, it represents a significant piece of Sicilian heritage.

The Hermitage of Santa Rosalia alla Quisquina, located on the slopes of Mount Quisquina in Santo Stefano Quisquina in Sicily, is near the cave where Santa Rosalia spent much of her life.

The Hermitage of Santa Rosalia alla Quisquina, located on the slopes of Mount Quisquina in Santo Stefano Quisquina in Sicily, is near the cave where Santa Rosalia spent much of her life.

Near the ancient remains of the Greek city of Camico, among the reliefs of the Sicani Park, rises the Pizzo della Rondine, in a hilly-mountainous environment not poor in rivers and streams, dry in summer, luxuriant in spring, humid in winter.

The Magazzolo Lake is an artificial lake formed by the damming of the Magazzolo river through the Castello dam. The project dates back to the late sixties but it took ten years to build this dam between 1975 and 1985. The waters of this lake are used for civil and agricultural use and serve various municipalities in the province of Agrigento.

Lucca Sicula has a history similar to many other Sicilian towns of the seventeenth century. At that time, in fact, to sit in the Sicilian parliament it was necessary to be the owner of a populated fiefdom. Thus it was that Francesco Lucchesi Palli favored the creation of this town, to which he gave the name of Lucca, being a native of Lucca which is located in Tuscany. To attract the population, settlers were offered a plot of land that they could exploit as they pleased, but paid a fee to the property. The town was called Lucca Sicula only in 1863 after the unification of Italy. The urban layout is the typical seventeenth-century checkerboard one. From the same period is the Mother Church, always built in the interest of Baron Lucchesi Palli to give the village the status of a populated fief.

Along the third stage of the Sicily Divide you cross the Magazzolo lake before arriving in Bivona. The artificial lake is a leisure place for the locals and a panoramic point that every Divider will want to photograph. On the official website you can find more info on the Sicily Divide itinerary for gravel bikes from Trapani to Catania and from Palermo to Catania: https://sicilydivide.it/