Two musicians from entirely different eras trace their origins to this Sicilian town: the 19th-century French composer Achille Campisiano and modern pop-opera singer Piero Barone of Il Volo.
Home to roughly 8,100 residents, Naro is positioned in the inland territory of the Agrigento province. It shares borders with a dozen municipalities, including Caltanissetta, operating as a quiet but practical transit point in southern Sicily.
Arancina · Pasta alla Norma
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Next up: Saint Calogero and the «straula», the sledge dragged for a kilometre with 200-metre ropes, Friday 18 June
Nearest airport: Catania Fontanarossa, 114 km away
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📅 Every year, from 15 to 25 June, culminating on the 18th
Naro celebrates Saint Calogero on 18 June: the statue of the black saint, set on a huge sledge called the «straula», is dragged by the faithful with ropes about 200 metres long from the sanctuary to the mother church, in a city that Emperor Frederick II proclaimed «Fulgentissima» in 1233.
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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Outside Naro, but an easy day trip away.
