Inland from Agrigento, about 732 meters from the sea level, surrounded by the beautiful woods of Sicani mountains, lies the village of Santo Stefano Quisquina, became famous for their history has been intertwined with that of Santa Rosalia.

Founded by the Arabs, the first chronicles some of the history of this small town date back to 1279, when it was dedicated to St. Stephen. Subsequently, the estate passed to a barony to another, until the arrival of the noble Ventimiglia family who knew how to give the small town a significant population growth and construction.

The country has had major importance in the eighteenth century when it was discovered the first cave that had housed the hermitage of Santa Rosalia, the place around which was built later a shrine dedicated to it.

Monuments to visit

In the historical center, Piazza Castello, are the Baron's Palace built when the '600 the estate passed into the ownership of Giuseppe Emanuele Ventimiglia and the beautiful eighteenth-century fountain with four basins. Via Roma, facing the Church of Purgatory and the adjoining College of Mary, of sec. XVIII. Other churches include: the Cathedral Church dedicated to St. Nicholas was built in the seventeenth century. and totally renovated in 1800 and the sixteenth-century Church of San Calogero rises to 967 m. at the top of the homonymous mountain. Reached via a small road in the woods, the church is nestled in a quiet spot, elevated and panoramic made particularly attractive by the natural beauty of the surrounding environment.

Not to be missed

Visit the Grotta di Santa Rosalia- Santuario di Quisquina.

The nature trail inside the Natural Reserve Monte Cammarata

The amazing thing about these places is definitely the mix of nature, of priceless historical resources / archaeological and white beaches of fine sand, scattered in a few kilometers away; and then the art, the culture, the smile and the hospitality of the local people. To find out all this heritage with our help? Select and choose the "associated structures" are the routes that will lead you and guide you to discover these places, the route is enriched by an information (schedules, prices, manager, telephone numbers and so on and so on.) Of the museum , church or palace, archaeological park, located on the map.