Things to do in Cava d'Aliga Italy – what to see attractions and activities

Center of Scicli, a UNESCO heritage town rich in Baroque. In via Mormino Penna is present the municipality best known to be the location of the police station of the tele film “the commissioner montalbano” rai 1.

The Cabrera Tower was built at the beginning of the fifteenth century by the will of Count Giovanni Bernardo Cabrera. The tower served as a defense and protection against pirate invasions. In 1693, part of the tower was destroyed due to a strong earthquake. Not much time passed and the structure was renovated. Currently, the tower is a National Monument and it is also the coat of arms of the city.

A few kilometers to the south, overlooking the sea there is a pleasant and elegant seaside resort, the best equipped and popular in South-Eastern Sicily, by the Mediterranean climate ideal for over 8 months a year.

The “F. L. Belgiorno” Civic Museum is divided into several sectors, with chronological order. Among the findings of great importance is a splendid statue depicting Heracles, dating from the end of the 3rd century BC.

The Iblean Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions “S. A. Guastella” collects a considerable collection on local life. There are fifteen different sections in it, all collected in a large house with courtyard and other typical premises. There is also a room that presents popular religiosity and how it developed.

Cava Ispica is a river valley located in the municipality of Modica. In the area, the presence of man was testified until the earthquake of 1693. According to some scholars, Cava Ispica is one of the largest, most magnificent and special archaeological areas that have been discovered to date. The houses have a special structure in the shape of a gorge that was suitable for defending from the river and enemies.

The Museum of Kamarina preserves the planimetric characteristics of the nineteenth-century beam built on the ruins of the Temple of Athena in the city of Camarina. It collects inside the archaeological documentation of the territory from the prehistoric to the medieval age coming from the excavations carried out in the necropolis, in the port area and in the inhabited center. Of great interest, is also the Amphorae Pavilion, which houses one of the richest collections in the Mediterranean.