Resting on the 613-meter slopes of Monte d'Oro, Montelepre is inextricably linked to the infamous post-war Sicilian bandit Salvatore Giuliano. Yet this Palermo community of roughly 6,400 residents holds a much wider array of cultural connections than its most notorious native suggests.
Beyond local history, the municipality produced the prominent architect Rosario Candela. It also serves as the unexpected ancestral home of entertainer and US congressman Sonny Bono, whose father Santo was born in the town before ultimately emigrating to America.
Sfincione · Arancina · Pasta alla Norma
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Next up: The Most Holy Crucifix, patron of a town made famous by the bandit Salvatore Giuliano, Sunday 27 June
Nearest airport: Palermo Falcone-Borsellino, 13 km away
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📅 Every year, on the last Sunday of June
Montelepre celebrates the Most Holy Crucifix on the last Sunday of June; the town, whose history dates back to ancient Hyccara, an ally of Selinunte, Catania and Syracuse, became famous in the 20th century for the exploits of the bandit Salvatore Giuliano.
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 Montelepre, but an easy day trip away.
