Torre Amalfitano is one of the towers scattered through the countryside of Bagheria. From the fifteenth century the territory became part of the Fief of Solanto, and the first towers date from that period; around them, farmsteads for livestock rearing and agriculture later arose.
What to see
The structure, probably of thirteenth-century origin, was rebuilt in 1546 by the viceroy Juan de Vega. The tower has a square plan and consisted of a ground floor with a water cistern, an upper floor used as a warehouse and a terrace with swallowtail crenellations.
During the first half of the eighteenth century it was turned into a farmstead by Ugo Notarbartolo di Amalfitano. It seems that beside the tower there was a silk mill for working silk and rearing silkworms.
Visiting
The tower is in the territory of Bagheria. The sources consulted do not say whether it can be visited or how to reach it: access, condition and hours must be checked.
Our editors' tip
In the territory of Bagheria there are other sixteenth-century farm towers, such as Torre Bellacera, built by Anfusio Bellacera, a sugar-cane grower, and Torre Cordova, raised to defend the lands of the La Grua family along the river Eleuterio.
