Positioned 40 kilometres northwest of Catania on the slopes of Mount Etna, Maletto occupies a curious spot on the Sicilian map. The municipality exists as an enclave inside Bronte, extending to Etna's peak where its boundary meets eight neighboring towns at a single vertex.
Home to roughly 4,000 residents, this town sits about 140 kilometres east of Palermo. Its borders touch surrounding mountain communities including Randazzo, Castiglione di Sicilia, Nicolosi, and Zafferana Etnea.
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Next up: Saint Anthony of Padua, patron with Saint Vincent Ferrer as co-patron, Sunday 12 September
Nearest airport: Catania Fontanarossa, 44 km away
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📅 Every year, on the second Sunday of September; Saint Vincent Ferrer, co-patron, is celebrated on the third Sunday of September
Maletto celebrates Saint Anthony of Padua on the second Sunday of September and Saint Vincent Ferrer, co-patron, the following Sunday; their statues, Baroque works by Gerolamo Bagnasco, stand in the church built in 1785.
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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Outside Maletto, but an easy day trip away.
