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A village uninhabited for decades, ever since the entire population was relocated en masse to a brand-new town. Three thousand people, the exodus of survivors of the 1968 earthquake that destroyed entire towns in the provinces of Trapani and Agrigento. Today, only façades remain, baroque railings, old majolica tiles, a tangle of houses leaning against the bell tower of the main church, and stairways that look like they were cut out with scissors on a sheet of paper. Before the earthquake, Poggioreale was a delightful baroque village, with noble palaces, the square with the club, the inn, and everything else. The ruins bear witness to a tragedy from 40 years ago: fear, escape, separation. A place that, due to its beauty and the evocative atmosphere it evokes, has been the setting for numerous famous films: it is here that Tornatore filmed some scenes from Malena and The Star Man. An island out of time, with the hands of the clock stopped on the terrible night of January 15, 1968.

From this secondary road you can enjoy a beautiful view of the Belice valley, a hilly area rich in archaeological sites. Here the main economic resource is the cultivation of olives, from which a particularly tasty oil is obtained.

Campobello di Mazara is a pleasant town that arose in a rural environment. A symbol of legality and urban rebirth, a mural dedicated to Peppino Impastato, a journalist killed by Cosa Nostra in 1978, was inaugurated in Via Mare.

The asphalt is very bad in places, but you can find your way. It's a great route with little traffic.

07/2024 everything is cordoned off, impossible to access (shame)

Fog, strangely, in the Belice valley which covers all of Gibellina.

Located on a hill, Sambuca was awarded "Borgo dei Borghi" in 2016. Some of its monuments represent unaltered examples of Islamic urban planning.

Perched on a hill, Sambuca received the "Borgo dei Borghi" award (a comparison of the most beautiful villages in Italy) in 2016 for the quality of its monuments, some of which are still intact examples of Islamic urban planning.