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Militello in Val di Catania

Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia

Flattened by the 1693 earthquake, Militello was rebuilt with a wealth of baroque churches and palaces, and it is now one of the eight late baroque towns of the Val di Noto on the UNESCO list. It lies on the last northern slopes of the Hyblaean Mountains, was named Borgo dei Borghi for 2025 and is the birthplace of television host Pippo Baudo.

Highlights

  • The Barresi Branciforte castle and its 17th-century Fountain of the Nymph Zizza
  • Santa Maria la Vetere, with a portal carved by Antonello Gagini in 1506
  • The treasury of Santa Maria della Stella, with sacred silverware from four centuries
  • The town's place among the late baroque towns of the Val di Noto (IT)
  • The Ossena waterfalls, fed by the Oxena stream south of town

Summary based on Wikipedia and Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA), written with AI assistance.

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Travel guide (Wikivoyage)

Militello Val di Catania is in the Catania province. It's one of Sicily's eight UNESCO world heritage listed Baroque towns, and is part of the most beautiful villages in Italy.

Text from Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA

Events through the year

  • Feast of the Holy Cross Religious · 1 MayMass at the hilltop Santa Croce church, a feast recorded since the 1500s
  • Pilgrimage to the Madonna delle Grazie Religious · 2 JulyTown pilgrimage to the 1504 church outside the walls
  • Feast of Saint Benedict the Abbot Religious · 11 July
  • Feast of the Santissimo Salvatore Religious · 18 AugustHonours the town's patron, whose statue stands in the mother church
  • Feast of the Madonna della Stella Religious · 8 SeptemberThe patron's 1618 statue is enthroned on an 18th-century carved float
  • Mostarda and prickly pear sagra Food and wine · October
  • Feast of the Immaculate Conception Religious · 8 DecemberCelebrated at San Francesco church, home of a 1693 wooden statue

Dates follow the traditional patterns described on Wikipedia and Wikivoyage: check locally before you travel.

Based on Wikipedia (Militello in Val di Catania), Wikivoyage (Militello in Val di Catania (EN), Militello in Val di Catania (IT)) (CC BY-SA).

Local food & wine

  • Prickly pearLocal produceThe best-known local product, eaten fresh and used in many recipes
  • Cassatelline di MilitelloSweetPuff pastry baskets filled with almonds, jam, chocolate and spices
  • MostardaSweetMade with prickly pear must and semolina, or grape must and starch
  • PipirataSweetRice, pine nuts and cooked prickly pear wine
  • Toasted almond granitaSweetKnown across the south of Catania province for its fragrance
  • FasciatelliSweetChristmas sweets of almonds, honey and cloves in shortcrust ribbons

Based on Wikipedia (Militello in Val di Catania), Wikivoyage (Militello in Val di Catania) (CC BY-SA).

Where to sleep

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Nearby member villages

  1. Buccheri · 17 km
  2. Ferla · 22 km
  3. Monterosso Almo · 23 km
  4. Palazzolo Acreide · 26 km
  5. Agira · 48 km

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