Rebuilt from the ground up in 1523 after a period of abandonment, Raffadali originally began as an Arab hamlet before becoming a fief of the Norman Montaperto family. Today, this municipality of nearly 12,800 residents sits just 10 kilometers northwest of Agrigento. Its 16th-century historic core survives, though it is now heavily surrounded by late 20th-century residential expansion.
While the local workforce has largely shifted from farming to small crafts and the service sector, the area remains synonymous with a specific crop: the Raffadali pistachio. Travelers driving through the Sicilian interior should stop to sample this agricultural specialty right at its source.
Arancina · Pasta alla Norma
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Next up: Saint Oliva, patroness whose parish moved into a church dedicated to another Madonna, Monday 12 July
Nearest airport: Palermo Falcone-Borsellino, 94 km away
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📅 Every year, on the Monday after the second Sunday of July
Raffadali celebrates Saint Oliva on the Monday after the second Sunday of July; the parish dedicated to her was moved in 1608 from the old, now vanished mother church to today's mother church, built in 1507 and dedicated to the Madonna degli Infermi.
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 Raffadali, but an easy day trip away.
