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Description

The first news to our disposition on Fiumefreddo goes back to 1592, when the lord of the feud, Don Giovanni Peter Cottone, sells it to the noble Gravina. In second halves of '700,  it can be identified with the state road that  combines the cities of Catania and Messina, begin to rise some rooms and bottle managed in the interest of Prince di Palagonia.

The name of Putieddi and around it develops the nucleus that today is the heart of the country. In 1798, the population of all the feudo was constituted from 500 inhabitants, is believed therefore to ask the election common; that happened with the decree real in 1801 with the name of the same river, Fiumefreddo exactly.

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Attractions:

The Castle of the slaves

The castle represents an example of the Sicilian rural baroque style of the '700. It comes called Castle of the slaves for the two statues that represent the Muslims, that  watch expectant towards the sea, like in attended of being freed from their companions. This because a legend wants that a day, to navy, disembarked some pirates Ottoman, which were not only given to the pillage, but take off the two owners of the castle.

The pirates, partially were killed and leave puttinges in escape from the Corvaja, above of Taormina   had seen to land their ships, and the Palmieri, owners of the castle, freed. In order regrets Iddio, be erect the little church, beside the Castle. To its inside they have been turns scenes of some films like " orgia" of Pier Paul Pasolini and “the Godfather”.

Church of Maria SS. of Rosario

It is the most ancient church of the country and it is found in the quarter of the Castle, most ancient. The Church dedicated today to the Madonna of the Rosary had been intentional from Prince di Palagonia in 1612 and dedicated to Saint Giuseppe. Today the church has been reconstructed with an architectonic style much various from originates it them.

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Natural resources

Reservoir of the Fiumefreddo river

The Reservoir of the Fiumefreddo river extends as far as the territories of the Common of Calatabiano and Fiumefreddo of Sicily, separates to you from the river bed of the same river. This water course maintains to a temperature much lowland, pack-saddles to think that it catches up in the summery period only 12 or 13 centigrade degrees.

There are then in the territory some interesting sources like the “Quadare”, dialectal term that  means pentolone, and therefore called for the ribollio of their waters. In the reservoir you can be found a  fluvial vegetazíon that sees to develop interesting to species aquatic to stalks and floating leaves, today rare in Sicily, because they need for just the development, of limpid waters with slow and constant current.

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Typical Products

If something truly typical of Fiumefreddo is wanted to be tasted, must taste the fried Flowers of zucca, prepares with the simple flour, the bread crumb and eggs.

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Festivities and events

  • Saint Giuseppe (Patron), 19 March

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