Patron saint festival In 155 days
Saint Joseph, patron of the Palermo municipality of Villabate
📅 Every year, on 19 March
Villabate celebrates Saint Joseph on 19 March, in the church dedicated to him.
Packing 19,819 residents into a compact area of just 3.8 square kilometres, Villabate is officially the most densely populated municipality in Sicily. The town occupies the eastern stretch of the Conca d'Oro plain.
Located eight kilometres southeast of Palermo, it functions as a direct urban extension of the regional capital. The street layout merges completely with Palermo to form a single conurbation, sharing immediate borders with both Ficarazzi and Misilmeri.
The Villabate guide
What to eat here 3
Sfincione · Arancina · Pasta alla Norma
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Events & festivals 1
Next up: Saint Joseph, patron of the Palermo municipality of Villabate, Friday 19 March
Getting there
Nearest airport: Palermo Falcone-Borsellino, 33 km away
🎉 Festivals and feasts in Villabate 1
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🍝 The flavours of Villabate
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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