Location: Piazza Armerina
Top Things to do in Piazza Armerina
Top 10 Churches & Cathedrals in Piazza Armerina, Sicily
Piazza Armerina (Gallo-Italic of Sicily: Ciazza; Sicilian: Chiazza) is an Italian comune in the province of Enna of the autonomous island region of Sicily.
Restaurants in Piazza Armerina
1. Chiesa di San Martino
2. Cattedrale di Maria Santissima Delle Vittorie
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 109 reviews
Reviewed By tajo123
Piazza Armerina and the surrounding towns and villages of the Enna offer incomparable views, hikes, art and acheological centers and the city is the most interesting base for their exploration. A pre-Roman town, it harbors houses, castles, and churches from the Greek, Roman, Norman, Turkish, and Sicilian eras. The central cathedral, N.S. de la Vittoria, or our Lady of Victory, was dedicated as thanks for the defeat of the Muslim invaders at the Battle of Lepanto. The fact that it did not change its name to Our lady of the Assumption as did so many churches in the 19th century gives proof of Sicilians' respect for their history and the heroes who defended her right through WWII. It would be worth hiring a truly knowledgeable guide (inquire ahead through the City's offices) for a day to lead a walking tour of the twisting, climbing streets lined with important historic sites from each period of the town's history, then on to Morgantina for hours of exploration of the amazing redoubt of the Sicilian/Greek population that fled the coast and held off the Romans for decades, finally being dragged off in chains, leaving their doors open and their temples unguarded. According to the internet, Piazza Armerina celebrates the Palio dei Normanni, a re-enactment of the entrance of the Norman Count Roger I (of Cefalu and Palermo fame) to the city. Around August 12-14. I did not attend this festival.
3. Chiesa San Pietro
4. Chiesa di Sant’Ignazio di Loyola
5. Chiesa di San Giovanni Evengelista
6. Gran Priorato di Sant’Andrea
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 5 reviews
7. Chiesa di S. Giovanni Battista di Rodi
8. Chiesa e Convento di San Francesco
9. Collegio dei Gesuiti
10. Chiesa delle Anime Sante del Purgatorio
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