In the castle of Caccamo there is a room called the Hall of the Conspiracy: there Matteo Bonello took refuge after having admiral Maio killed and stirring the nobles against William I. The fortress held out against the king's assaults, but in the end Bonello was taken by a trick, blinded and left to die in a cell.
Below the town, in the artificial lake of Rosamarina, lies the bridge of 1307 that led to Palermo: it reappears when the water drops. In the catacombs under the church of the Souls of Purgatory, meanwhile, the people of Caccamo had themselves buried in niches until 1863. The town stands at 521 metres, below Monte San Calogero; there are 8,295 residents.
Sfincione · Arancina · Pasta alla Norma
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Next up: Blessed Giovanni Liccio, Saint Nicasius and Saint George, the three patrons of Caccamo, Monday 31 May
Nearest airport: Palermo Falcone-Borsellino, 57 km away
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📅 Every year, on the Monday of the last week of May
Caccamo celebrates on the Monday of the last week of May its three patrons, Blessed Giovanni Liccio, Saint Nicasius the martyr and Saint George, to whom the town's 1090 cathedral is dedicated, the most important church of a city that Frederick II proclaimed «urbs generosissima».
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.
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