{"id":90625,"date":"2024-12-11T16:27:13","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T15:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/?p=90625"},"modified":"2025-10-23T12:52:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T10:52:15","slug":"petralia-sottana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/petralia-sottana\/","title":{"rendered":"PETRALIA SOTTANA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background 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:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Among the places not to be missed during a trip to Petralia Sottana is the <strong>\u201cAntonio Collisani\u201d Civic Museum<\/strong>, a vital place for understanding the geomorphological and productive history of the territory.<\/p>\n<p>The museum, which offers a multimedial \u201cInteractive Room\u201d dedicated to children, is a real \u201cmine\u201d of information on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/madonie-2\/\">Madonie<\/a> mountain chain and the geological resources that characterize it: from the \u201cRoccioteca\u201d to the \u201cSala Salgemma\u201d, passing through the fascinating history of <strong>the production of \u201cBalate\u201d rock chalk<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Another testimony to the ancient management of the territory is the <strong>Catarratti Hydroelectric Power Plant<\/strong> (1908). It remained operative until the 1970s and is among the best-preserved sites of <strong>industrial archaeology<\/strong> in Sicily.<\/p>\n<p>Back in Petralia Sottana&#8217;s \u201cgood living room,\u201d after visiting <strong>Palazzo del Giglio<\/strong>, home to the Town Hall and rich in frescoes and paintings by Zoppo di Gangi, we take a tour of the alleys and squares of the <strong>5 historic districts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A gem amongst the alleys? The <strong>Casa du Currivu<\/strong>, one of the narrowest buildings in the world, only 1 meter wide!<\/p>\n<p>Trekking lovers can start from the center of Petralia Sottana for an exciting walk down the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/itinerario\/sentiero-italia\/\"> Sentiero Italia<\/a>, or stroll down the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/itinerario\/way-of-the-madonite-shrines\/\"> Cammino dei Santuari Madoniti<\/a>, one of the official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/category\/paths\/\">Religious Paths<\/a> of the Region of Sicily.<\/p>\n<p>The best times to visit Petralia Sottana? 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