20 Ott 2022

Prizzi@roundtheworld

[gallery columns="5" ids="15845,15846,15847,15848,15849"] Students from Spain, Italy, Belgium, Poland and Slovenia admire Prizzi's Dance of the Devils. We continue to spread dance of the demons for Spain. Here we are in one  of the most  prestigious bull farms in Spain.    ...

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3 Ott 2022

Where to stay

Place  Al baglio antico Ospitalità diffusa Address 9, Via Siragusa N. beds 6 Codice CIR 19082060C208897 Contact Rosetta Mosca +39 328 4170435 rosettamosca@gmail.com   Place B&B Prixis Address Viale Sandro Pertini, Prizzi N. beds 14 Codice CIR 19082060C107924 ContactÂ...

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3 Ott 2022

Where to eat

    Place Pizza e Vai Address Via Santa Rosalia, Prizzi Contact +39 3248337886           Place Ristorante Pizzeria Da Giacomino Address 5, Via Marchese Arezzo Filaga borgata di Prizzi Contact 091 8345677 +39 334 338 9554   &nb...

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12 Set 2022

Churches in Filaga

The hamlet of Filaga was built by Baron Pietro Rostagno at the end of the 18th century under the name of San Ferdinando Buonriposo, in honour of the King of the Two Sicilies, Ferdinand IV of Bourbon. Over time, the hamlet took the name of its feud, Flaca, Filaca and finally Filaga. The vi...

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12 Set 2022

The Church of Holy Mary of Carmel

The Latin cross church was built by the Bonellos in 1150. It was refurbished in 1638 by the Carmelite Fathers on the site of the ancient Church of St Angelo. It is located outside the town and next to the town cemetery. On the high altar are the simulacrum of Mary Most Holy of Carmel, and on the sid...

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12 Set 2022

The Church of Saint Leonard

The Church of St. Leonard dates back to the early 1500s and was annexed to the Hospital for the sick poor, where the municipal library now stands. It houses the statue of Mary of the Purgatory Souls and paintings depicting the Deposition of Jesus, St Leonard, the Holy Souls of Purgatory and St Jude ...

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12 Set 2022

The Church of Saint Calogero

The construction of the church began in 1597 and was completed in 1722. It is on a high mountain called Calvary, where stands the wooden cross where Christ is crucified on Good Friday. On the high altar is the statue of Saint Calogero, the saint who evangelised Sicily during a long period of plague....

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12 Set 2022

The Church of Saint Rosalie

The church is located in the new part of the village. It was built in the 1960s, owing to the continuous urban expansion of the period. Its ground plan is in the shape of a Latin cross. On the high altar is a majestic wooden crucifix. On the sides are statues of St Rosalie, Saint Pius of Pietrelcin...

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12 Set 2022

St. Joseph’s Church (St.Mary’s)

St. Joseph's Church, with a single nave, was founded by the Rev. Don Gismondo Marino in 1709. The date is engraved on the façade on the right side of the central entrance. The Collegio di Maria (the convent) was later annexed to it. The church has a marble floor, snow-white walls, and simple archi...

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12 Set 2022

The Church of Saint John the Baptist

The Church of St. John the Baptist was built around 1633. It has two side arches containing the simulacra of St. Rita and St. John the Baptist with a lamb under his left arm with the inscription 'Ecce Agnus Dei' (Behold the Lamb of God). At the same time, he holds a red banner on his right, symbolis...

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