Right in the centre, at number 68 on the corso, you can visit a tomb five thousand years old, never broken into: inside lay a man curled up, his head resting on a rock like a pillow, red ochre all around. In the entrance hall of the town’s technical office, three Bronze Age huts came to light in 1998.
Above the town stands the castle of the Grifeo, who held Partanna from the eleventh century: a fresco in the hall shows Giovanni Grifeo saving count Roger in a duel against the Arab leader Mogat, and the griffin ended up on the coat of arms. In January 1968 the Belice earthquake damaged the mother church and destroyed San Nicola; hence the new quarter of Camarro. There are 10,854 residents.
Nocellara del Belice · Arancina · Pasta alla Norma
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Next up: Saint Vitus, main patron of a town rebuilt after the Belice earthquake, Tuesday 15 June
Nearest airport: Trapani Birgi, 41 km away
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📅 Every year, on 15 June
Partanna celebrates Saint Vitus, its main patron, on 15 June; the town was hard hit by the Belice earthquake of January 1968, which damaged the mother church and completely destroyed the church of San Nicola.
A large, green olive with firm flesh and a buttery flavour: Nocellara del Belice, sold in America as «Castelvetrano olive», has held DOP status since 1998.
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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Outside Partanna, but an easy day trip away.
