Patron saint festival
Feast of the Santissimo Crocifisso
📅 Every year, on 14 September
On 14 September Forza d'Agrò celebrates the Santissimo Crocifisso; the village, in the Peloritani mountains, is dominated by its medieval castle.
In the 10th century, a settlement known as Vicum Agrillae took root on this Sicilian ridge, eventually adopting the name Forza d'Agrò during the 14th century. Situated in the Metropolitan City of Messina at 420 metres above sea level, this hilltop village currently counts 878 residents.
Positioned on the lower peak of a mountain, the town looks up toward the ruins of a Norman castle perched on the higher summit. Recognized among the official most beautiful villages in Italy, it forms an integral part of the Agrò Valley region.
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🍝 The flavours of Forza d'Agrò
Arancino fried rice cone stuffed with ragù, pointed like Etna
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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Pitone messinese fried half-moon pastry filled with escarole, tuma cheese and anchovies
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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Near Forza d'Agrò
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Places to see within 25 km
Outside Forza d'Agrò, but an easy day trip away.
Prato della Valle 📍 Padua · 15 km At 90,000 square meters, this monumental elliptical square is one of Europe's largest, ringed by 78 stone statues. basilica di Sant'Antonio di Padova 📍 Padua · 16 km Padua made him a saint in under a year, and his little church is still inside the basilica. Orto botanico di Padova 📍 Padua · 15 km It was made against fraud: to tell the genuine medicinal plants from the fakes. Villa Giusti 📍 Padua · 14 km Villa Giusti, Padua, where the armistice ending the First World War was signed on 3 November 1918. basilica di Santa Giustina 📍 Padua · 15 km The eight-domed abbey on the Prato della Valle: the tomb of Saint Luke and the Veronese on the altar. chiesa di Santa Croce 📍 Padua · 15 km Padua's only rococo church, designed by a Somascan father.