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The city of the pistachio nut

It wants the myth that the cyclops Bronte, son of Neptune, have been the founder and the king of the same city. But setting aside mythology,  were, in reality, the Sicilian the first inhabitants of the zone, around the VIII  century a.C., and the recovery of archaeological reperts, reveals that also the greek colony were allocated in these territories.

Between the VI and the VIII sec. d. C. the first incursions of the Arabs had beginning: they were just to begin the cultivation of the pistachio nut. Its plant draws food nearly from the lava stone and, cleared from the ash expelled continuously from the volcano, of it valuable produces quality much.

The Nelson' Ducea 

King Ferdinand of the two Sicily, was forced in 1798 to abandon the reign of Naples because of the revolutionary motions, and succeeded to shelter itself to Palermo with the aid of Nelson. The year after, Ferdinand, returned to having its throne,  wanted to thank those services and granted the Abbey of Maniace, the earth and the city of Bronte. The complex of the Ducea, characterized from a quadrangular perimeter on which buildings with and two elevations extend, is famous for its big park that extends outside and inside for approximately four hectares.

Ducea di Nelson
Winter timetable: 9,00-13,00 / 15,00-17,00
Summer timetable: 9,00-13,00 / 15,00-18,30
Rates: Guided visits  € 2,60; Groups of ten visitors € 1,60; Schools € 1,00; not guided visits only exterior pavilion   €1,30
 

The Church Mother

It was built up in the five hundred sec. with the SS name. Trinity, and was realized practically from the fusion of two ancient churches, that one of the SS. Trinity, exactly, and that one of Saint Maria. Still today the traces of the ancient buildings are visible. The inside, to Latin cross, does not have a style very delineated, but for this it does not turn out to be less interesting. To attract the attention it is above all the transetto, enclosed in short sides from two splendid altars of baroque forge, that one of the Crocifisso and that one of the Purgatorio.

Reservoir Natural Integral Forre lavic of the Simeto

The reservoir protects along feature of the Simeto River that washes of the Etna has many times over caught up. The river, thanks to its erosive force, has dug the black basalt having formed  the under coves that create an evocative landscape. The fascination of this place is due, between the other, to the fact to possess fauna and flora still uncontaminated.

The Sciara

It is found to the periphery of Bronte, and represents a magma sea that ago destroyed to some centuries a part of the city. Making solid itself, the magma, has given life to strange shapes. It is a show that gives test to us of the force of the nature.

The Forests

Bronte, with its wide territory of 25.000 hectares, possesses also one great forest resource characterized from several species of trees and flowers: pines, birches, oaks, lecci and faggi, are some of the species that can be found to you.

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The Pistachio nut of Bronte

Arrived in Sicily with the Arabs, from no other part is possible to find a pistachio nut with this inebriate scent and this green intense color. Its cultivation is much difficult, not only because its plant fructifies every other year, but because it grows in a uneven land like that lavic.

This cheese is one of the most ancient and typical of the Sicily, but that  of Bronte, in particular way, to hard and compact paste, has a conservation season that goes from the three to the twelve months. Beyond adding black pepper grains, during the last few years it has been begun to add the brontese pistachio nut.

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