Contessa Entellina Attractions
Communications
SS 118 from Palermo to Corleone, SS 386 from Corleone to Bisacquino, from there a right-hand turning to Contessa Entellina (15km/9mi).
Location
This village in the interior of Western Sicily is one of those founded in the 15th century by refugees from Albania. These are Contessa Entellina itself (1450), Piana degli Albanesi (1488) and Biancavilla (1489). To this day the inhabitants of the village speak an Albanian dialect.
SS 118 from Palermo to Corleone, SS 386 from Corleone to Bisacquino, from there a right-hand turning to Contessa Entellina (15km/9mi).
Location
This village in the interior of Western Sicily is one of those founded in the 15th century by refugees from Albania. These are Contessa Entellina itself (1450), Piana degli Albanesi (1488) and Biancavilla (1489). To this day the inhabitants of the village speak an Albanian dialect.
Castello di Calatamauro
Castello di Calatamauro (5km/3mi west) is a fortified castle of Arab origin situated at a height of 764m/2,507ft.
Rocca d'Entella
On this mountain 557m/1,827ft high (10km/6mi northwest) lie the ruins of the Elymian town of Entella, which in ancient times was mentioned on several occasions in the wars between Syracuse and Carthage. It continued to exist until its destruction at the hands of Emperor Frederick II in the 13th century.
