Here Montalbano Elicona, Most Beautiful Village in Italy in the province of Messina (Sicily).
The most significant historical architectural element of Montalbano Elicona is the Castle of Frederick II of Aragon which dominates an irregular and tortuous medieval urban fabric, which winds up and down the alleys adapting to the conformation of the rocky promontory.
The small houses built in sandstone are filled with authentic history.
Built on pre-existing Byzantine and Arab buildings, the Castle is made up of a Norman-Swabian fort at the top and a palatium fortified Swabian-Aragonese
To the figure of the king Frederick II of Aragon we owe the transformation of the Swabian castle from a fortress to a palace.
Montalbano Elicona (Messina)
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