Exactly 9 kilometres southwest of Palermo, Altofonte counts a population of 10,266. Known locally by its Sicilian name, Parcu, the municipality shares its borders with notable neighbors like Monreale and Piana degli Albanesi.
The town's territory acts as an administrative bridge within the metropolitan city. Its limits also touch San Giuseppe Jato and Belmonte Mezzagno, mapping the immediate transition from the capital's periphery to the island's interior.
Sfincione · Arancina · Pasta alla Norma
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Next up: Saint Anne, patroness of a town that was King Roger II's hunting reserve, Monday 26 July
Nearest airport: Palermo Falcone-Borsellino, 23 km away
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📅 Every year, on 26 July
Altofonte celebrates Saint Anne on 26 July; the town, called «U Parcu» in Sicilian, owes its name to having been the residence and hunting reserve of the king of Sicily Roger II, with the Ruggeriano Palace still visible today.
Tall, soft bread dough, tomato, onion, anchovies, oregano and caciocavallo: sfincione is Palermo's focaccia, cut into squares.
Read more →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.
Read more →Straight-line distances from the town centre. Tap a point to open its page.
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Outside Altofonte, but an easy day trip away.
