Chiesa di Sant'Agostino
Augustinian church from 1566, a Marian sanctuary at Licata since 1973.
Licata: 3 places to start with
- Beaches Faro San Giacomo The lighthouse of Licata's port: a white 37-metre tower of 1895, with 129 steps up to the lantern.
- Castles Castel Sant'Angelo The seventeenth-century fort on the hill above Licata, born from a Camilliani tower, amid the Greek city of Phintias.
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Museums Area archeologica di Monte Sant'Angelo e Castel Sant'Angelo A Baroque fort completed in 1640, grown from a 1580s watchtower above the harbour of Licata.
9 places covered in Licata Grouped by type, most important first.
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Churches and places of worship
3
Chiesa di Sant'Angelo
First work of the architect Angelo Italia, built in 1653 and given its present form in 1752.
Chiesa di Santa Maria La Vetere
Tradition dates the church to around 580, to Saint Silvia, mother of Pope Gregory the Great.
Castles, palaces and villas
2Castel Sant'Angelo ★
The seventeenth-century fort on the hill above Licata, born from a Camilliani tower, amid the Greek city of Phintias.
Torre Jafi
Camilliani's cylindrical tower guarding the beach, six kilometres from Licata, with its small hamlet.
Museums, theatres and collections
2Area archeologica di Monte Sant'Angelo e Castel Sant'Angelo ★
A Baroque fort completed in 1640, grown from a 1580s watchtower above the harbour of Licata.
Museo archeologico della Badia
The finds from Phintias and the Imera valley in a Cistercian convent in Licata, with a Madonna by Gagini.
Beaches
1Faro San Giacomo ★
The lighthouse of Licata's port: a white 37-metre tower of 1895, with 129 steps up to the lantern.
Archaeology
1
Finziade
The last Greek colony of Sicily, founded in 282 BC by the tyrant Phintias near Licata.
Tours, tickets and experiences
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What to eat here 2
Arancina · Pasta alla Norma
Where to stay 11
11 places to stay · top rated: Appartamento Porto Marina S G 2 9.8 · Appartamento Porto Marina S G 9.7
Events & festivals 1
Next up: The run of Saint Angelo's urn, Wednesday 5 May
Getting there
Nearest airport: Catania Fontanarossa, 107 km away
Near Licata
The closest destinations covered by our editors, with straight-line distance.
