Enna is known as the highest provincial capital in Italy (970 meters above the sea), but it is also known as the Sicily's navel for its central position, it is the viewpoint of Sicily because from there the panorama that can be admired leave you breathless. You can also get there by seaplane, with a scheduled flight, a unique privilege in Italy, which shares only with the city of Como. But what are four good reasons to go into this area of harsh beauty?

1) Enna has a medieval historic center, largely enclosed along the road axis of the Via Roma, where it is also find the most important shops and the main institutions of the city and the province;

2) The Cathedral of Enna, in Piazza Mazzini in the middle of the Via Roma, dedicated to Mary Most Holy of the Visitation, it has an extremely majestic and impressive façade; built in the fourteenth century and remodeled in Five hundred with the addition of friezes, decorations and columns, for its grandiose size it is certainly one of the greatest examples of medieval ecclesiastical architecture in Sicily;

3) The castle of Lombardy, erected by the Normans on the remains of a previous Byzantine building, honors the motto of the city “Urbs inexpugnabilis”, with its massive and powerful structure; around the ancient fortress, which hosts concerts and theatrical performances in summer, six towers remain, of which the Pisana Tower & amp; egrave; the best preserved; from its top you can enjoy a wonderful view that goes from the Tyrrhenian Sea to the Sicilian canal, embracing all of central-eastern Sicily;

4) The Lago di Pergusa Special Nature Reserve surrounded by a large pine forest and a garment, on the outskirts of the city, is famous for its rsquo; birdlife that overwinters, transits or resides in this area of great naturalistic value.