Petralia Soprana

Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia

Filippo PiazzaPetralia Soprana Panorama - panoramio CC BY-SA 3.0
AzotoliquidoPetralia sop scorcio CC BY-SA 3.0
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MediaterraChiesa di Petralia Soprana - facciata CC BY-SA 3.0
AzotoliquidoPetralia Soprana Chiesa SS Pietro e Paolo CC BY-SA 3.0
YsferaviolaPetralia Soprana. Chiesa di S.Maria di Gesù e convento dei padri minori riformati CC BY-SA 4.0
Davide MauroBelvedere di Petralia Soprana CC BY-SA 4.0
Davide MauroPanorama da via belvedere CC BY-SA 4.0
Agence de presse Meurisse. Agence photographique (commanditaire)Sicile : Petralia Soprana : [photographie de presse] / Agence MeurissePublic domain
Agence de presse Meurisse. Agence photographique (commanditaire)Sicile : Petralia Soprana : [photographie de presse] / Agence MeurissePublic domain
trolvagPiazza Duomo, Petralia Soprana PA, Sicily, Italy - panoramio CC BY-SA 3.0
trolvagPetralia Soprana, Province of Palermo, Italy - panoramio CC BY-SA 3.0

Rock salt is still mined beneath Petralia Soprana, and one working mine hosts a museum of salt sculpture. Above ground, the highest town in the Madonie keeps much of the shape the Normans gave it after 1062, with churches built over an Arab fortress and possibly a mosque. It was named Borgo dei Borghi in 2018.

Highlights

Santa Maria di Loreto, a former Arab fortress with majolica spires seen for miles
Chiesa Madre with an 18-column portico and Frate Umile's first crucifix
MACSS, salt sculptures in a working mine, by guided visit
Piazza del Popolo, with the crenellated town hall and Palazzo Pottino
The belvedere with Vincenzo Gennaro's sculpture La cometa

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Petralia Soprana (IT), Petralia Soprana (EN)), Wikivoyage (Petralia Soprana). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Population: 2,968

Things to see

Events through the year

A carnivalata Seasonal · CarnivalCarnival festivities
A calata a tila Religious · Holy SaturdayThe lowering of the cloth
U 'ncuontru Religious · EasterMeeting of the risen Christ and Our Lady of Sorrows
Feast of Saints Peter and Paul Religious · 25-29 JuneDrum-led evening processions; up to 20 statues carried on the feast day
Giostra degli stendardieri Historical · August
Lentil sagra Food and wine · August
Sagra del sale e Raduno Internazionale del Folklore Food and wine · AugustSalt festival with an international folk gathering
Serenata matrimonio baronale Historical · Night of 14 August and FerragostoRe-enactment of an 18th-century wedding of two local nobles
A pistata ra racina Food and wine · OctoberGrape treading
A nuvena Seasonal · December, Christmas seasonYoung people sing traditional songs through the streets and hamlets

Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.

Adapted from Wikipedia (Petralia Soprana), Wikivoyage (Petralia Soprana). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Local food & wine

CodasSfoglio di Petralia Soprana 01 CC BY-SA 4.0
SfoglioSweetPie filled with fresh tuma cheese, candied pumpkin and chocolate in shortcrust

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Where to sleep

1 place to stay within 3 km

Hotels 1

Thermal baths nearby

Thermal spa: Pozza Termale Sclafani Bagni · ~45 min by car
Hot spring: Surgiva Cavura Sclafani · ~45 min by car

Nearby member villages

Geraci Siculo · 8.6 km
Gangi · 8.8 km
Sperlinga · 22 km
Cefalù · 27 km
Calascibetta · 28 km