Height 260 meters above the sea level, tourism office tel. 0941594929,
people 3300.
Shopping:
local pastries, “sinagrese” macaroni, cheese, red
wine, charcuteries.
How to get there:
highway A20, exit Brolo, SS 113, road-fork Ponte Naso-Sinagra (5
km)
Located on the Naso River it is probably one of the oldest settlements in the Nebrodi Mountains. This is suggested by the strategic position of the castle and by the location on the river, which lazily flows and laps a small group of houses and their narrow alleys. Sinagra offers unexpected surprises and its landscape indelibly marks the memory. Its patrimony reveals resources that even the careless tourist will note and appreciate. Sinagra is a suggestive oasis and an ideal place for those who want to leave apart the city industriousness and give themselves up in its natural, healthy and pure atmosphere. Its artistic resources, as the 15th century-Church of the Convent, the baroque Salleo Palace, the ancient Byzantine grave in Mezzagosto Quarter, its quarters and hamlets, strongly characterize it like its traditions, kept unchanged in the centuries. The economy of the town is primarily based on agriculture, even if recently there has been a transformation of it towards the textile field that contributed to maintain a constant demographic level. Because of its traditions, of the inviting environment and of the pride of the people always animated by a dynamic spirit, inherited by their ancestors, Sinagra is one of the most appreciated towns in the Nebrodi Mountains. There, millennial history and modernity live together. Medieval lanes cross with asphalted roads, old aristocratic palaces alternate to new houses, without compromising the town aspect that up today keeps its originality and beauty.
| The cave of “Beato Diego” | The Mother Church | The church dedicated to the Crucified |
| it is said that in this cave Beato (Blessed)
Diego, true name was Filippo di Blasi, led for many years a hermit
existence and the cave is still visited by devotees. According to the legend he was an extraordinary and non-conformist man who made unexplainable wonders. After his death, many pilgrims went to the cave and drunk the water that poured out of the rock, leaving there crutches and canes as votive offering. |
the 17th century building is with a form of a Latin cross and with one nave crossed by the transept. The columns are in Doric style. The church was seriously damaged in the time, but it was completely restored in 1840 thanks to archpriest Antonio Ficarra. | probably erected in the 16th century, the church is with two naves with a row of columns and arches made of stone and engraved by the famous sculpture masters of the Nebrodi Mountains. In the interior there is a marble statue representing Saint Catherine. In an artistic closet, adorned with wonderful paintings portraying the Christ Passion, is kept a wooden Jesus crucified. |