Santa Flavia - Santa Flavia

Santa Flavia is a city of Sicily.

To know

Background

Group 63 was born near the archaeological area of ​​Solunto after a conference on the ancient city, an Italian literary movement led by writers such as Nanni Balestrini, Achille Bonito Oliva, Elio Pagliarani, Umberto Eco, Furio Colombo and Edoardo Sanguineti.

How to orient yourself

Fractions

• 38.087613.53751 Porticello
• 38.095513.53822 Sant'Elia
• 38.076313.54283 Solanto

How to get

On the train

• 38.082613.53051 Santa Flavia-Solunto-Porticello station.  

How to get around

What see

• 38.09305613.5313891 Archaeological area of ​​Solunto, Via Collegio Romano - locality Solunto, Santa Flavia. Full 4 €, reduced 2 € (Jan 2020). Tue-Sat 9: 00-17: 30, Sun and holidays 9: 00-14: 00. Archaeological site of the ancient Punic city of Solunto.  

• 38.08140413.524882 Villa Filangeri (Villa Filangeri of Santa Flavia or Palazzo Mazzarino), via Consolare. It was the summer residence of the Filangeri family. In 1666, Prince Pietro Filangeri bought the house and the nearby church of Sant'Anna and began construction for his residence. Extensions were then carried out with rococo-style stuccoes. After the Second World War the building passed to the Municipality which visibly altered the interior according to the bureaucratic functions. In the back there is also a park related to the villa.  
• 38.08308913.5203843 Villa San Marco (San Marco Castle), Via S. Marco, 90, ☎ 39 338 886 2360. not open to visitors. Built in 1673 around a pre-existing 16th century watchtower to control sugar cane plantations, it is a rare example of Mannerist civil architecture with military elements. During the Second World War the writer Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, cousin of the Filingeri historical owners of the villa, stayed in this place. The villa is still private property.  

• 38.07060513.5347544 Villa Sperlinga, ☎ 39 340 4956736, @[email protected]. The first plant of the villa was born around a 15th century tower. In the mid-nineteenth century the villa became the property of the Palermo barons De Stefano, but in 1931 it became the property of the artist spouses Silvestre Cuffaro and Pina Calì. In the years immediately following the war (1947), Villa Sperlinga became a meeting place for the Sicilian Independentist Movement with the direct participation of the Cuffaro family, the lawyer Nino Di Matteo and the honorable Andrea Finocchiaro Aprile, its founder. Today it houses an accommodation facility where it is possible to stay.  
• Villa Valdina. The villa is a holiday residence, built between the 17th and 18th centuries. A plaque recalls that King Ferdinand III of Bourbon was a guest of this villa in two different moments  
• 38.07943413.5305365 Villa Oliva, Via Mondello, 27. This villa was never completed, its characteristic is the large horseshoe-shaped stable. Today it is a farmhouse. 
• 38.08378913.5297276 Villino Basile, Corso Filangeri, 167. First work by Ernesto Basile, built between 1874 and 1878, the villa was the summer residence of the family, which combines a neo-Renaissance style structure with lively decorations that anticipate the Liberty style. Today it is in a state of neglect. 

• 38.07688913.5436117 Solanto Castle, Solanto, ☎ 39 091 931595. It was built in Norman times to protect the nearby trap. Over the centuries it passed into the hands of various properties. Today it is a wedding hall. 
• 38.08194713.5249348 Soluntina Basilica of Sant'Anna, Via Consolare, 132.  
• 38.08907413.5375519 Church of Maria Santissima del Lume, Via della Chiesa, 1 (Porticello), ☎ 39 091 958990. 

• 38.096613.538910 Cove of Sant'Elia. Cove in the hamlet of Sant'Elia. 

Events and parties

What to do

Shopping

How to have fun

Where to eat

Where stay

Average prices

• 38.06650413.533751 Farmhouse Villa Cefalà, ☎ 39 091 931545. Historic villa. 

High prices

• 38.07693213.54072 Dominates Zagarella, ☎ 39 091 903077. 4-star hotel and residence. 

Safety

How to keep in touch

Around

Itineraries

• Bagheria, Casteldaccia, Santa Flavia and Ficarazzi. Bicycle route of 27 km between Bagheria, Casteldaccia, Santa Flavia and Ficarazzi with an altitude difference of 360 m. 

Other projects

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