Troina Attractions
Communications
SS 120 Randazzo-Nicosía.
Location
Troina, one of the highest towns in Sicily, is situated west of Mount Etna on a ridge in the Nebrodic Mountains.
History
In ancient times there was a Siculan town, perhaps Engyon, a little to the south. In 876 the Saracens took Troina; in 1062 it was taken back by the Norman Roger I. He first chose Troina as his residence and later it became a setting-out point for many Norman conquering expeditions. In 1088 Roger I and Pope Urban II met here; at their second meeting ten years later in Salerno Count Roger was recognized as an apostolic legate.
SS 120 Randazzo-Nicosía.
Location
Troina, one of the highest towns in Sicily, is situated west of Mount Etna on a ridge in the Nebrodic Mountains.
History
In ancient times there was a Siculan town, perhaps Engyon, a little to the south. In 876 the Saracens took Troina; in 1062 it was taken back by the Norman Roger I. He first chose Troina as his residence and later it became a setting-out point for many Norman conquering expeditions. In 1088 Roger I and Pope Urban II met here; at their second meeting ten years later in Salerno Count Roger was recognized as an apostolic legate.
Cesaro, Italy
(Near Troina)
The mountain town of Cesarò (20km/12.5mi northeast of Troina) lies even higher than Troina, at 1,150m/3,774ft. There are the ruins of a castle belonging to the noble Roman family of Colonna, which was loaned to Cesarò. Immediately to the west of the town nestles the mountain village of San Teodoro.
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Lago di Ancipa
The Lago di Ancipa reservoir (7km/4.5mi northwest of Troina) fills the valley of the Troina River.
