Piazza Armerina
Piazza Armerina is a town of 20,000 inhabitants located on Erei
mounts, in central Sicily, 700 m altitude and 30 Kms far from Enna. The
city, among the major landmarks of the province, is surrounded by
forests of the Ronza park, the archaeological site of Montagna di
Marzo, also wrapped in the green, and also the nature reserve
Rossomanno Grottascura Bellia, part of which falls in its territory.
Piazza Armerina, famous worldwide for the mosaics of the Roman Villa del Casale,
has a beautiful old town dominated by the baroque cathedral, which
occupies the highest position (721 m) and around the old, characterized
by narrow streets and medieval beautiful Renaissance and Baroque
palaces such as Palazzo Trigona, and just this far from the Aragonese Castle. Another feature is the four quarters of the medieval
city each year are competing for the banner of the patron saint, Mary
of Victories, during the Palio dei Normanni in August.



