Paternò - Castle

Paternò was founded anew by the Normans in the Middle Ages. On the rock overlooking the town Roger I had a massive castle built in 1073 which he made over to his daughter Flandrina and her husband Henry of Lombardy; through their line it passed in 1193 to Bartolomeo de Luca, Count of Paternò. It was altered and restored in 1300 and again in 1900.

On the ground floor will be found a chapel with remains of frescoes, on the first floor a hall with four linked arches, and a further large hall on the second floor, from which there is access to a terrace extending all round the castle.