{"id":3333,"date":"2015-10-07T16:32:30","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T14:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/?p=3333"},"modified":"2025-12-03T12:50:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T11:50:31","slug":"petralia-soprana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/petralia-soprana\/","title":{"rendered":"Petralia Soprana"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Conquered by the Arabs, it was called <em>Batraliah<\/em>, from <em>Batra<\/em>, &#8220;pietra&#8221;, meaning stone, and <em>liah<\/em>, &#8220;alta&#8221;, meaning high.<\/p>\n<p>The Normans rebaptised it <em>Petra Heliae<\/em> (stone of Elijah) in honour of the prophet.<\/p>\n<p>Here, you\u2019re in the heart of the Madonie Mountains, on a natural balcony. You can admire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/attrazione\/monte-etna\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Etna<\/a> in all its magnificence.<\/p>\n<p>First things first.<\/p>\n<p>There are <strong>three panoramic viewpoints<\/strong>: that <strong>of Loreto<\/strong>,<em> u castru<\/em>, from which you can look over at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/attrazione\/monte-etna\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Etna<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/localita\/enna\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enna<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/localita\/caltanissetta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caltanissetta<\/a> and the valley of the river Imera; that of <strong>del Carmine<\/strong>, <em>u carmini<\/em>, which has a view of western Sicily in the direction of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/localita\/palermo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Palermo<\/a>; and finally, that of <strong>Piazza Duomo<\/strong><em>,<\/em> which faces east, towards <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/gangi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gangi<\/a>, taking in Etna in the background.<\/p>\n<p>Next to <em>u castru<\/em> is the highest part of the village, probably the site of the Sicilian and then Roman fortification known as <strong>Piazza Loreto<\/strong>. In Piazza Loreto you can admire the symmetrical fa\u00e7ade and majolica spires of the <strong>Chiesa di Santa Maria di Loreto<\/strong>, affiliated with the more famous Santuario di Santa Maria di Loreto \u201cin the Marche\u201d, rebuilt in late Baroque style and with a Greek cross plan. Inside, its highlights are the marvellous 16th-century marble altar (known as <em>\u201ccona\u201d<\/em><em>) <\/em>by Giandomenico Gagini (which depicts four episodes from the life of Jesus), the 17th-century wooden sculptures of <em>Santi Cosma e Damiano<\/em> and two statues of saints attributed to Philip Quattrocchi da Gangi.<\/p>\n<p>Leaving <strong>Piazza San Michele<\/strong>, named for the 17th-century church dedicated to the saint, with its central circular fountain, you arrive in <strong>Piazza del Popolo<\/strong>. Here you&#8217;ll find the neo-Gothic <strong>Palazzo Municipale<\/strong>, once a Carmelite convent, and the two <strong>Palazzi Pottino of the Marquises of Eschifaldo<\/strong>. One of these is publicly owned and hosts temporary exhibitions and, at Christmas, the magnificent nativity scene, the <em>Presepe d\u2019Incanto<\/em>. The other, owned by the Pottino heirs, has magnificent 19th-century rooms on its main floor which can be visited on a tour of the museum. Its exhibits include period furniture, including the table service with which Prince Umberto II of Piedmont was served.<\/p>\n<p>Continuing along the <strong>Via Generale Medici<\/strong>, you reach a small piazza dedicated to Frate Cappuccino Umile Pintorno da Petralia, the creator of 33 carved wooden crucifixes, scattered throughout southern Italy and abroad. His work as a sculptor began in 1623, the year of the Black Death in Sicily.<\/p>\n<p>In the adjacent <strong>Piazzetta Ruggero VII<\/strong>, there&#8217;s the <strong>Oratorio delle Anime Purganti<\/strong> with a large bell gable. Next to the Oratorio, in Piazza dei Quattro Cannoli, there&#8217;s the baroque fountain in Billiemi marble, the village&#8217;s only source of water until the 18th century.<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>Piazza Duomo<\/strong> there&#8217;s a spectacular architectural theatre overlooking the <strong>Chiesa Madre<\/strong> dedicated to the Apostles Peter and Paul: it has a colonnade and two bell towers, one from the Norman era, with an Arab-style window, and the other from the 18th-century. The wooden entrance door in the fa\u00e7ade bears squares carved in the Catalan-Gothic style. Inside, the three naves are supported by twelve pillars, representing the Apostles. In the right aisle you can admire the painting of the<em> Deposizione di Cristo dalla Croce<\/em>, attributed to Josepe de Ribera known as Lo Spagnoletto, the<em> Madonna fra gli Angeli<\/em> by Gaspare Vazzano, known as<em> Lo Zoppo di Gangi<\/em>, and the first crucifix carved by Frate Umile da Petralia (1623). All the characteristics of his style are already present in this work, such as the life-sized Christ and the extreme realism of his features and gestures.<\/p>\n<p>Continue and you arrive in the <strong>Chiesa del Salvatore<\/strong>: the only church in the Madonie mountains with a Hellenistic plan. According to some, this corresponds to that of the mosque on which the Christian building was rebuilt and consecrated by the Normans. The church was enlarged in the second half of the 18th century and today holds some interesting paintings and sculptures, including the statue of <em>San Giuseppe <\/em>by the sculptor Filippo Quattrocchi.<\/p>\n<p>On the opposite side of the Norman <strong>Porta Seriy<\/strong>, the last of the six ancient entrances to the village, there&#8217;s the <strong>Chiesa di San Teodoro<\/strong>. The current configuration of the building dates back to 1759 but the bell tower was originally one of the towers of the historic centre&#8217;s old medieval walls. Inside, there&#8217;s an interesting medieval sarcophagus.<\/p>\n<p>Not far from the centre, there&#8217;s the <strong>Convento dei Frati Minori Riformati<\/strong>. This convent and the annexed church were built in 1611 at the behest of several noblewomen and Frate Umile da Petralia spent the first years of his novitiate here. The church&#8217;s magnificent fa\u00e7ade with its floral ornaments and bas-reliefs is reminiscent of the exuberant, decorative Spanish Churrigueresque style.<\/p>\n<p>The nearby 18th-century <strong>Villa Sgadari<\/strong> is one of the most beautiful Baroque villas in the Madonie mountains and houses an exhibition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/i-carretti-siciliani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sicilian carts<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/lopera-dei-pupi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">puppets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As you walk through the village, you can admire the other small buildings worthy of note, such as the <strong>Palazzo Pottino Marchesi di Irosa<\/strong>, the <strong>Palazzo Vigneri<\/strong> in <strong>Piazza Quattro Cannoli<\/strong>, and the <strong>Palazzo Sabatini-Salvia<\/strong> in <strong>Piazza San Michele<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The entire village is characterised by a succession of alleys lined with the typical terraced houses with towers: these include the <strong>house of Vittorio Cerami<\/strong>, the<em> painter from Petralia<\/em>, a survivor of the naval Battle of Cape Matapan during the 2nd World War. His house still contains some of his paintings and letters written from the war front.<\/p>\n<p>Near the <strong>hamlet of Raffo<\/strong>, a large rock salt mine is still used today for the production of the famous \u201cSale di Sicilia\u201d. Inside, you can visit the <strong>Museo del Sale<\/strong> which houses a collection of salt sculptures created by artists from all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>Not far from the historic centre, in the village of the same name, there&#8217;s the <strong>Chiesa della Trinit\u00e0<\/strong>, which contains an 18th-century baptismal font.<\/p>\n<p>The village produces extraordinarily high-quality bread products made with durum wheat semolina. It still has wood-burning ovens in which loaves leavened with <em>criscenti<\/em>, a homemade <strong>sourdough starter<\/strong>, are cooked. You&#8217;ll also find many milk and dairy products here, such as <strong>provola<\/strong>, a stretched-curd cow&#8217;s milk cheese, goat&#8217;s cheese made with lactic acid fermentation (in the French way), and unpasteurised milk products of varying maturities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":43099,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1918,1920,1932,1919],"tags":[],"luogo":[2947],"stagione":[1874,1877,1875,1876],"class_list":["post-3333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arte-e-cultura-en","category-entroterra-en","category-luoghi-della-cultura-en","category-borghi-en","luogo-palermo","stagione-autumn","stagione-spring","stagione-summer","stagione-winter"],"acf":{"sottotitolo":"Village life revolves around the houses, and round the stories of the people who inhabit them.","galleria":false,"paragrafo_1":"<p>The air is rarefied, the balconies are full of flowers, and silence reigns. 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