Chiesa del Purgatorio

Returning downhill from the Museo Diocesano in Agrigento in the direction of the railroad station, the place to visit is the Piazza Purgatorio, which is named after the baroque Chiesa del Purgatorio. This stands over the site of an ancient hypogaeum (not open to the public).

Cammarata Tourism

This small town, together with the neighboring locality of San Giovanni Gémini, is picturesquely situated on the eastern slope of Monte Cammarata, to the north of Agrigento. The ruins of the Castello dei Branciforti and the Church of Santa Maria with its Gagini statue are worth ... More visiting.

Agrigento > Caltabellotta

Description Behind the Gothic Church of Sant'Agostino, with its Descent of the Cross in colored terracotta by A. Ferraro (1552), a path leads up to the ruins of the hermitage of San Pellegrino - pilgrimages to this patron saint take place on 18th August - and then down to the Chiesa Madre.Inside this church, which dates back to Norman times, there is a Madonna by Gagini. Finally the tiny Gothic Church of San Salvatore is reached. A steep flight of steps leads up to the top of the rocks on which the ruins of the Arab, later Norman, fortress are situated and where a fine view can be enjoyed. Hobbies & Activities category: Architecture - Gothic; Christian sites

Caltabellotta

Description In the Church of San Lorenzo in the middle of Caltabellotta there is a three-dimensional terracotta group of the Mourning of Christ by Antonino Ferraro (1552). Hobbies & Activities category: Christian sites

Caltabellotta Tourism

CommunicationsOn the northwest edge of Sciacca a winding side-road turns off from the SS 115 and 188b in a northeasterly direction and after 19km/12mi reaches the town of Caltabellotta.Cultural eventsThe Festival of the Madonna of the Holy Crucifix, 26th-30th July.Location ... More Its fantastic situation on the slopes of the strangely-shaped mountain of the same name, which reaches a height of 950m/3,117ft, is what distinguishes this tiny town in the countryside behind Sciacca, not far from the south coast.HistoryIn ancient times the Sikel town of Triocala was situated here. During the second Slaves' War (104-99 B.C.), being one of the main centers of the insurgents, it was turned into a secure royal fortress by Salvius Tryphon, but later captured by the Romans and destroyed. In its place the Arabs founded the fortified town of Qalat-al-Ballut (fortress of the oaks) in the ninth century and it is from this name that the town's present-day one is derived. In 1090 the Normans under Roger I took over the Arabian castle. In 1194 Sybilla, widow of the last Norman king Tancredi, in vain sought refuge here with her children from Emperor Henry VI. On 19th April 1302 peace between Anjou and Aragon was declared: Anjou renounced Sicily - of which it had in any case lost control after the Sicilian Vespers of 1288 - in favor of Frederick III of Aragon, the stepson of Frederick II's son Manfred.