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The Hotel is situated
only 4 km from the town of Santo Stefano Quisquina (AG). Santo Stefano Quisquina
is a village surrounded by green and mountains with many renowned water springs,
woods and enchanting landscapes. In this town you can visit the fountain in
Piazza Castello, the church of SS. Sacramento and the Villa Comunale. The Mother
Church and the Sanctuary of Saint Giordano were building in the
eighteenth-century. Also the little church of Saint Calogero, overlooking the
valley of the river Magazzolo, is well worth a visit. A stay in Santo Stefano
Quisquina would not be complete without a stop at the Sanctuary of Saint
Rosalia. In the middle of the hardwood forest of the reserve lies the Quisquina
Hermitage, a splendid example of environmental architecture, built in the second
half of the 17th century, just after the discovery of the Holy Cave where Saint
Rosalia lived from 1150 to 1162.Located at about 1.000 m. above sea level, the
Hermitage was inhabited until 1985 by a congregation of hermit monks; today it
is a Museum with paintings and sculptures belonging to the ancient and lost
churches of the town.The Sanctuary, a little jewel of Sicilian Baroque, houses
many works of artists such as Manno, Pennino and Musca. An epigraph, carved in
the opening of the Holy Cave, is a historic testimony of Saint Rosalia’s stay in
these areas. The association Pro Loco, its management structure, organizes
guided tours (more www.quisquina.com) The Natural Reserve of Cammarata Mountain
over the Hermitage offers glimpses of the landscape that is worth visiting. The
company has drawn on forest land and among many paths to all council Pizzo delle
Rondini, whose summit you can admire a breathtaking landscape.
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