Known locally in Sicilian as Roccaciurita, Roccafiorita holds a distinct double record: it is the least populated municipality in Sicily, home to 228 residents, and covers the smallest land area of any island town in Italy. Nationwide, it ranks fifth among the country's smallest municipalities by surface area.
Situated in the Metropolitan City of Messina, the settlement lies 35 kilometres southwest of Messina and approximately 170 kilometres east of Palermo.
Arancino · Pasta alla Norma · Pitone messinese
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Next up: Our Lady of Help, born from a vow made by three children in 1923, Sunday 29 August
Nearest airport: Reggio Calabria, 37 km away
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📅 Every year, on the last Sunday of August, preceded by a Friday and Saturday procession
Roccafiorita celebrates Our Lady of Help on the last Sunday of August, in the sanctuary on Monte Kalfa built starting in 1944 to fulfil a promise made in 1923 by three children of the town, Carmelo, Alessandro and Filippo.
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.
Read more →Straight-line distances from the town centre. Tap a point to open its page.
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Outside Roccafiorita, but an easy day trip away.
