Sfincione soft focaccia with tomato, onion, anchovies and caciocavallo
Tall, soft bread dough, tomato, onion, anchovies, oregano and caciocavallo: sfincione is Palermo's focaccia, cut into squares.
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Until 1927 the provincial capital was called Girgenti; the name Agrigento was imposed under Fascism. What lies underneath is far older: no other part of Italy holds as much evidence of Greek colonisation as this corner of south-western Sicily. Its 43 municipalities run from the inland hills down to the coast on the Sicilian Channel, and out to the Pelagie islands, the southernmost scrap of Italian territory, closer to Tunisia than to Palermo.
The Valley of the Temples, a UNESCO site since 1997, is why most people come: the Temple of Concordia is among the best-preserved Doric temples anywhere. Worth driving beyond it — to Realmonte for the white marl cliffs of the Scala dei Turchi, to Montallegro for the Greek ruins of Eraclea Minoa above the sea, to Sciacca for the Luna castle and the basilica of the Soccorso.
Towns in the province of Agrigento
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43 towns
Agrigento Capital Alessandria della Rocca Aragona Bivona Burgio Calamonaci Caltabellotta Camastra Cammarata Campobello di Licata Canicattì Casteltermini Castrofilippo Cattolica Eraclea Cianciana Comitini Favara Grotte Joppolo Giancaxio Lampedusa e Linosa Licata Lucca Sicula Menfi Montallegro Montevago Naro Palma di Montechiaro Porto Empedocle Racalmuto Raffadali Ravanusa Realmonte Ribera Sambuca di Sicilia San Biagio Platani San Giovanni Gemini Sant'Angelo Muxaro Santa Elisabetta Santa Margherita di Belice Santo Stefano Quisquina Sciacca Siculiana Villafranca Sicula
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The top 20 places in Agrigento
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1 🏺 Archaeological sites Valle dei Templi 📍 Agrigento Doric temples in a row along a ridge: what is left of Akragas, above Agrigento. 
2 🏖️ Beaches & sea Scala dei Turchi 📍 Realmonte A white marl cliff named among UNESCO's top 100 geosites, famous for its natural staircase and Camilleri's novels. 
3 🏺 Archaeological sites Agrigento 📍 Agrigento Founded around 581 BC, Agrigento is home to the ancient Valley of the Temples, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. - 4 Cattedrale di San Gerlando Agrigento · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 5 Eraclea Minoa Montallegro · 🏺 Archaeological sites
- 6 tempio della Concordia Agrigento · 🏺 Archaeological sites
- 7 tempio di Zeus Olimpio Agrigento · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 8 Museo archeologico regionale Pietro Griffo Agrigento · 🖼️ Museums
- 9 Borgo Bonsignore Ribera · 🏛️ Squares & old towns
- 10 Riserva naturale integrale Macalube di Aragona Aragona · 🌋 Nature & views
- 11 tempio di Eracle Agrigento · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 12 tempio di Giunone Agrigento · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 13 faro San Giacomo Licata · 🏖️ Beaches & sea
- 14 San Leone Agrigento · 🏖️ Beaches & sea
- 15 Tempio dei Dioscuri Agrigento · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 16 basilica di Maria Santissima del Soccorso Sciacca · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 17 cappella di San Giorgio dei Genovesi a Sciacca Sciacca · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 18 Castel Sant'Angelo Licata · 🏰 Castles & palaces
- 19 castello dei Luna Sciacca · 🏰 Castles & palaces
- 20 chiesa di San Michele Sciacca · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
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🍝 At the table: Sicily
Arancina fried rice ball stuffed with meat ragù
Saffron rice, ragù with peas and caciocavallo cheese inside a golden crust. Round and feminine in Palermo, pointed and called arancino in Catania: the quarrel is serious.
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Arancino fried rice cone stuffed with ragù, pointed like Etna
Saffron rice, ragù with peas and caciocavallo inside a golden cone-shaped crust: in Catania it is masculine and pointed, and the quarrel with Palermo over the name is serious.
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Feast of Saint Leonard
📅 Every year, on 6 November
On 6 November Montallegro celebrates Saint Leonard, the village patron.
Saint Venera, patron of the town of the living Easter Passion
📅 Every year, on 14 November; the cattle fair is held for the Madonna delle Grazie, the first week of September
Grotte celebrates Saint Venera on 14 November; the cattle fair is instead held for the feast of the Madonna delle Grazie, in the first week of September, while at Easter the whole town re-enacts the Passion of Christ with processions from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday.
Saint Nicholas of Bari, patron of a town where horses and riders parade for the Cavalcade
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Cammarata celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December; on the last Sunday of May, instead, the Cavalcade of the Most Holy Crucifix of the Angels is held, when horses and riders parade between two rows of a festive crowd through the town's streets.
Saint Nicholas, patron since 1644 of a city that bears its founder's name
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Ribera celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December: the saint has been the city's patron since 1644, when the town arose on the Piana di Stampaci, also called Piano di San Nicola. The 18th-century mother church, damaged by the 1968 Belice earthquake, only reopened in 1999.