Literature defines Roccalumera, the childhood home of poet Salvatore Quasimodo, winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize in Literature. Quasimodo spent his formative years in this coastal municipality, drawing inspiration from the area for several of his poems. Religious heritage is equally prominent, as the town serves as the motherhouse for the Capuchin Sisters of the Sacred Heart, established by Francesco Maria Di Francia and Mother Veronica Briguglio.
Home to 4,105 residents, Roccalumera sits 25 kilometres southwest of Messina and 180 kilometres east of Palermo. It borders neighbouring communities such as Furci Siculo, Pagliara, and Nizza di Sicilia.
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📅 Every year, on the first Sunday of October and on 13 June
Roccalumera celebrates Our Lady of the Rosary on the first Sunday of October and Saint Anthony of Padua on 13 June; in late August a medieval procession re-enacts the 1392 miracle of the Chains.
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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Outside Roccalumera, but an easy day trip away.
