Calascibetta

Arabs set up a fortified camp on this rock facing Enna in the 9th century, and the name still carries their word for fortress, qal'at. In 1062 Roger I built a castle and walls here to besiege Enna, and later the Aragonese kings favoured the town: Peter II died there in 1342. Calascibetta stands 880 metres up in the Erei mountains and keeps its medieval street plan.

Highlights

• Chiesa Madre di San Pietro e Santa Maria Maggiore, a royal Palatine chapel
• The Realmese necropolis, with tombs from the 9th to the 6th century BC (IT)
• The churches of Santa Maria della Catena and Maria Santissima del Monte Carmelo
• Lake Nicoletti and Lake Morello, two reservoirs in the surrounding hills

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