Petralia Soprana

Rock salt is still mined beneath Petralia Soprana, and one working mine hosts a museum of salt sculpture. Above ground, the highest town in the Madonie keeps much of the shape the Normans gave it after 1062, with churches built over an Arab fortress and possibly a mosque. It was named Borgo dei Borghi in 2018.

Highlights

• Santa Maria di Loreto, a former Arab fortress with majolica spires seen for miles
• Chiesa Madre with an 18-column portico and Frate Umile's first crucifix
• MACSS, salt sculptures in a working mine, by guided visit
• Piazza del Popolo, with the crenellated town hall and Palazzo Pottino
• The belvedere with Vincenzo Gennaro's sculpture La cometa

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