It comes from Sicily, from a municipality among the Borghi most beautiful in Italy, support for the italiani.it project. The Municipality of Palazzolo Acreide, in the province of Syracuse, declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco, is supporting our project. He chose us for the dissemination of the events of this summer 2022 throughout Italy. After the two years of difficulty due to the pandemic, this year a program full of events, including music, theater, tastings and traditional festivals.
Two months of appointments to experience a 360-degree restart season. And we at italiani.it thank the municipal administration of Palazzolo Acreide, led by the mayor Salvatore Gallo and the Tourism Department headed by the Deputy Mayor Maurice Aiello for support. Last year our founder Gerardo Ferlaino, on a visit to Palazzolo, had met with the municipal administration and an agreement had been launched that led to this collaboration today. So what are you waiting for to reach Palazzolo, for a summer in the cool of the Iblei, between healthy fun and magic.
Summer events in Palazzolo Acreide
With the month of July, the season of events in the Hyblean municipality came to life. Among the first reviews "Alleyways & flavors" the culinary event promoted by the association of the same name and which took place in the medieval quarter. Tasting of typical products of the Palazzolese cuisine, between history and taste. Among other events "Space to read”The review dedicated to books at the Spazio San Sebastiano. In this place you can also visit the George Rouault exhibition “Miserere”. And more music in the square, with many concerts during the week in the most characteristic places of the country.
Between theater and music
Theater with the "Ulysses Prize ", between Piazza del Popolo and the Greek Theater. Festival promoted by the Palazzolese theater company Cesare Cannata, which will offer theater evenings with Sicilian companies. And then the music with the concert season ofMascagni cultural association, and his concerts in the courtyard of Palazzo Vaccaro. Theater between classicism and contemporaneity with the association Arte - facts at the Greek theater of Akrai. And then other events at the Greek theater and great music with the concert of “Le Vibrazioni” in Piazza del Popolo on the occasion of the August celebrations dedicated to San Sebastiano.
"The post-Covid restart for our administration - explains Deputy Mayor Maurizio Aiello - was the main objective in order not to disperse the enormous promotion work started in 2018. The philosophy is to not make young people move elsewhere and therefore make the country more vital, with events of all kinds. Thanks also to the synergy and commitment of individuals, the board is also enriched with famous names, from the overview with “sunset”, to the committees, to the associations in Palazzolo this year there is really nothing missing. It is a season marked by price increases, by inflation, by the fourth wave, but we wanted many appointments, to mark and color the life of residents and tourists, who in the restart want to discover a place rich in history, traditions and hospitality and reception has made its brand".
Palazzolo Acreide, a bit of history
Palazzolo Acreide, a city of ancient memory where the vestiges of the past merge, layered and witnessed by archaeological finds and elegant monuments. The earthquake of 1693 destroyed the town, churches and private buildings collapsed. The city, which the Syracusan Corinthians had built on the Acremonte. After the great ruin rebuilt in the valley where the Castle stood and where the noble class raised their homes. Here the architects Sinatra and Labisi built splendid churches, testimony of that particular late Baroque style.
Unesco recognition
Like seven other cities in the Val di Noto, Palazzolo was declared a World Heritage City on 27 June 2002 during the XXVI plenary session of UNESCO. Lmotivation: “in consideration of the exceptional value of its Baroque architecture, testimony of the exuberant genius of the workers who engaged in the reconstruction of the Val di Noto after the terrible earthquake of 1693”. The Basilica of S. Paolo and the Church of S. Sebastiano have been declared Unesco heritage.
