Approaching the northwestern slopes of the Nebrodi mountain range, travelers reach Castel di Lucio at the triple border of Messina, Palermo, and Enna. Home to 1,366 residents, the village holds a geographic record as the most distant municipality by road from its provincial capital, sitting over 167 kilometers from Messina.
Known as Castelluzzo until 1863, the town appears under its historic name on the 1580–1585 maps in the Vatican Museums. Positioned on the far edge of the Diocese of Patti, its mountain borders extend toward neighboring towns like Mistretta and Geraci Siculo.
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📅 Every year, on 5 October
Castel di Lucio celebrates Saint Placidus on 5 October; the town, settled in the Norman period and originally called Castelluzzo after the small castle on the rock, was first mentioned in 1271, when Charles I of Anjou assigned it to Giovanni di Montfort.
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.
Read more →A thin sheet of dough folded into a half-moon and fried, with escarole, tuma cheese, anchovies and black pepper inside: Messina’s street food, to eat hot straight from the rosticceria.
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