About 20 km west of Agrigento, on a hill it stands Siculiana, a small town (in the early fourteenth century) which developed thanks to the efforts of the noble Gilberto Isfar and Corelles, at the foot of an ancient Arab castle (Qal'at- Sugul), which it had been rebuilt by Federico Chiaramonte, baron of Siculiana.

According to some scholars the name Siculiana would have two possible origins: a Roman Siculi Janua (Gate of Sicily), the other Arab Suq-al-Jani (Market of John).

Monuments to visit

The imposing Castello Chiaramonte built on the end of the rocky crust dominated, with its towers (formerly embattled) the country.

Feature is the urban structure of the country, dominated by the dome in red and white stripes of the Mother Church, the Baroque era. Inside, the nave, is the Chapel of the Holy Cross, the patron saint of the country. In it is revered the Black Crucifix that it was brought in 1611 by the castle where he was previously kept.

Do not miss the nature trail

A few kilometers from the village you reach the beach of Siculiana Marina along the coast of the most beautiful and pristine throughout southern Italy where wild nature is reflected in a sea of ​​glass.

Also in the territory of Siculiana it falls naurale Reserve of Torre Salsa - WWF - that preserves one of the most beautiful and wild areas of the coast, here nest tartarughe.Il Its coastline stretches for about 6 km and is an alternate of cliffs, dunes and immense and solitary beaches.

Behind the cliff there are natural terraces where is developed the agricultural landscape. These terraces, well-shaped, are engraved by several streams branched and very deep, as the stream and the stream Cannicella Hermit, which empties into the sea by building beautiful scenic views. Around these terraces, on the one hand the cliffs and the sea and on the other the more inaccessible and mountainous landscape that culminates in the peaks of Monte Stella with a slope overlooking the sea, Mount Dome on top of which you see signs of the quarries of inert materials now abandoned for years and Monte Hermit. Hermit between upstream and the promontory of Salsa - where stands the ruins of Torre Salsa - one sees a large depression characterized by the presence of the stream Salso called "Pantano"