Sfincione soft focaccia with tomato, onion, anchovies and caciocavallo
Tall, soft bread dough, tomato, onion, anchovies, oregano and caciocavallo: sfincione is Palermo's focaccia, cut into squares.
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Rising 73 meters above the Tyrrhenian Sea, Altavilla Milicia owes its title to the 11th-century Norman conquest of Sicily. The town's name is the direct Italian translation of Hauteville, the ruling dynasty that took the island before eventually passing this local duchy to the Adragna family.
Located 20 kilometers southeast of Palermo, this hilltop settlement is home to just over 7,400 residents. The architectural and cultural focal point for the community—known in the regional dialect as 'a Mìlicia—is the Sanctuary of the Madonna della Milicia, which anchors the area between neighboring Casteldaccia and Trabia.
What to see in Altavilla Milicia
🍝 The flavours of Altavilla Milicia
Arancina fried rice ball stuffed with meat ragù
Saffron rice, ragù with peas and caciocavallo cheese inside a golden crust. Round and feminine in Palermo, pointed and called arancino in Catania: the quarrel is serious.
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Near Altavilla Milicia
The closest destinations covered by our editors, with straight-line distance.
Places to see within 25 km
Outside Altavilla Milicia, but an easy day trip away.
Marinelli Bell Foundry 📍 Agnone · 10 km One of Italy's oldest family businesses, this pontifical foundry has been casting bells since 1040. chiesa di San Francesco 📍 Agnone · 10 km An emerald-green dome, a Gothic portal and a book museum inside the friary. chiesa di San Marco Evangelista 📍 Agnone · 9.8 km A Venetian winged lion carved over the portal of Agnone's mother church. chiesa di Sant'Emidio Vescovo e Martire 📍 Agnone · 10 km The Gothic portal and rose window of the church Agnone calls its duomo. Santuario italico di Pietrabbondante 📍 Pietrabbondante · 17 km The theatre and temples where the Pentri Samnites gathered their senate, above the Trigno. chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta 📍 Carovilli · 18 km The marble font carved with the barons' portraits, in Carovilli's parish church.