Santa Caterina Villarmosa

Italian comune

Santa Caterina Villarmosa is a little town of 4,900 people (2021) near Caltanissetta in Sicily.

Understand

The town's economy is mainly agricultural (wheat, olives and almonds). Characteristic of this small town is the great tradition in the art of embroidery.

Get in

Get around

See

  • Mother Church (Chiesa Madre), built in the 17th century, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception. The interior, with three naves, is rich in frescoes. The church is in Piazza Garibaldi.
  • Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie (Sanctuary of the Holy Madonna delle Grazie), dating back to 1600, in via Roma.
  • Archaeological site of Cozzo Scavo, an ancient settlement of the Iron Age; the finds found are kept in the Archaeological Museum of Caltanissetta.
  • Church of Purgatory (Maria Santissima del Suffragio), from 1648, between via Ruggero Settimo and via Avvocato Gallina.

Do

  • 🌍 Contrada Scaleri geological oriented nature reserve (Riserva naturale orientata geologica di Contrada Scaleri) (about 2 km east of Santa Caterina Villarmosa). The scientific interest of this area is linked to the existence of karst microforms , called Karren , in the evaporitic rocks and their lithological variabilitycontributes to the diversification of forms, moreover the semi-aridity of the climate favors the conservation of morphologies. 

Buy

Eat

Pizzeria Charleston

Drink

Homemade wine and grappa

Sleep

Hotel 2000

Go next

Walk every evening up and down in the "Piazza" and "Via Roma". Especially in summer it's full of people. When you are tired you can sit in a bar and drink an espresso or eat ice cream and look at the people walking in the piazza.

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