Aiello Calabro

When Saracens besieged the castle hoping to starve it out, legend says the people of Aiello threw cheeses from the walls to show they had food to spare. The ruins still crown this hill village above the Tyrrhenian coast, over the 16th-century Palazzo Cybo-Malaspina and other noble houses, and the farms around produce olive oil, wine and dried figs.

Highlights

• The castle ruins above the village
• Palazzo Cybo-Malaspina and the Cybo chapel at the former Observant convent
• Santa Maria Maggiore, holding the relics of San Geniale
• The feast of the Madonna delle Grazie on 1 and 2 July
• Local dried figs, olive oil and wine

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