Patron saint festival In 302 days
The Most Holy Crucifix, patron of the land of the Sanctuary of the Light
📅 Every year, on 13 August
Roccapalumba celebrates the Most Holy Crucifix on 13 August.
In a town of two thousand six hundred people there is an astronomical observatory with a planetarium, and in the primary school a centre for teaching children the sky: around here they call Roccapalumba the town of the stars.
The name is in the arms: a rock with two peaks, eight golden houses and three blue doves in flight. The town was born around 1640 on the fief of Palumba, at the foot of the dolomitic massif above it, and lives on prickly pears, which have their own sagra here. Among these houses Simonetta Agnello Hornby set La Mennulara. There are 2,634 residents.
The Roccapalumba guide
What to eat here 3
Sfincione · Arancina · Pasta alla Norma
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Events & festivals 1
Next up: The Most Holy Crucifix, patron of the land of the Sanctuary of the Light, Friday 13 August
Getting there
Nearest airport: Palermo Falcone-Borsellino, 63 km away
🎉 Festivals and feasts in Roccapalumba 1
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🍝 The flavours of Roccapalumba
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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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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