Sitting exactly 111 meters above sea level at its railway station, the municipality of Scordia—locally called Scurdìa—rises to an elevation of 150 meters. The town is home to 17,185 residents within the Metropolitan City of Catania.
Located roughly 30 kilometers southwest of Catania and 160 kilometers southeast of Palermo, the settlement shares municipal borders with Militello in Val di Catania and Lentini, while maintaining close geographical ties to nearby Palagonia and Francofonte.
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Next up: Saint Roch, patron celebrated between the Assumption and the Octave, Monday 16 August
Nearest airport: Catania Fontanarossa, 27 km away
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📅 Every year, on 15 and 16 August, with the Octave on the 23rd
Scordia celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August: on the evening before, the solemnity of the Assumption, the patron's wooden statue is displayed on the mother church's forecourt; the next day the processional litter crosses the town's streets, and the procession is repeated a week later for the feast's Octave.
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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