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Enna

Sights

1 Castello Di Lombardia F1

2 Chiesa di San Francesco d'Assisi A1

3 Duomo D2

Fontana del Ratto di Prosperina (see 6)

4 Museo Archeologico di Palazzo Varisano D2

5 Palazzo Pollicarini C2

6 Piazza F Crispi B1

7 Piazzas B1

8 Rocca Di Cerere F1

Sleeping

9 Grande Albergo Sicilia C2

Eating

10 Antica Hostaria A1

11 La Fontana B1

12 La Trinacria D2

13 Ristorante Centrale B1

Sights & Activities

Castello Di Lombardia
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CASTLE

( 093 550 09 62; 9am-8pm summer, to 4pm winter) One of Sicily's most formidable
castles guards Enna's highest point, at the easternmost edge of the historic centre. The ori-
ginal castle was built by the Saracens and later reinforced by the Normans; Frederick II of
Hohenstaufen ordered that a powerful curtain wall be built with towers on every side.
The wall is still intact but only six of the original 20 towers remain, of which the tallest
is the Torre Pisano (Castello di Lombardia, Piazza Mazzini; 9am-8pm) , which you can climb
from the Cortile dei Cavalieri, one of the castle's well-preserved inner courtyards. From
the top, there are fabulous views over the valley to the town of Calascibetta and to Mt Et-
na in the northeast.