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Novara di Sicilia

Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia

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Lombard settlers brought by the Normans gave Novara di Sicilia its Gallo-Italic dialect. The village clings to a mountainside between the Nebrodi and Peloritani, below the rock spur of Rocca Salvatesta, with views to ancient Tindari and the Aeolian Islands. Its 17th-century lanes are built of local sandstone and red cipollino, carved by generations of stonemasons, and at Carnival wheels of maiorchino cheese are rolled through the streets.

Highlights

  • Torneo del Maiorchino, rolling wheels of pecorino cheese at Carnival
  • The Duomo of Santa Maria Assunta, with a local cipollino marble font
  • Abbey of Santa Maria La Noara, the first Cistercian foundation in Sicily
  • The Annunziata church, with a marble Annunciation group carved in 1531
  • Mountain walks up Rocca Salvatesta, 1,340 metres

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

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Travel guide (Wikivoyage)

Novara di Sicilia is a town in the Province of Messina in the Sicily region of Italy. The village of Novara di Sicilia, nestled in the mountains overlooking ancient Tyndaris and Abacaenum, is the archetype of a typical medieval town, with its friendly and accommodating people who speak a distinctive dialect. The town of Novara di Sicilia was inhabited by the Noae until it fell under control of the Normans, who populated the town with Lombards. The intricate cobble stone street form a mosaic between the ancient small houses that stand shoulder to shoulder along the mountainside, with a breathtaking view of the Aeolian Islands.

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  2. Castroreale · 12 km
  3. Castiglione di Sicilia · 15 km
  4. Savoca · 19 km
  5. Forza d'Agrò · 21 km

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