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Things to do in Librizzi Italy – what to see attractions and activities

Welcome to Librizzi Italy. If you’are planning to visit Librizzi for your next trip and you are looking for the best places to visit, here you’ll find tips and suggestions of most popular point of interest and activities not to be missed in Librizzi and surrounding. Travelers will appreciate this italian town with his rich historical and artistic heritage, local culture and environment. Discover the monuments, buildings, natural treasures and all the details that characterize Librizzi and its territory. Share and suggest a place you've visited.

What To See near Librizzi

Gioiosa Marea (6 Km)

Gioiosa Guardia

Gioiosa Guardia was a city built by Vinciguerra of Aragon as a fortress to defend pirate raids. At the end of the eighteenth century, due to the high seismicity of the territory, the city was abandoned. Today we can only admire the remains.

Patti (9 Km)

Santuario Madonna di Tindari

Inside is the statue of the black Madonna in cedar wood, a probable iconoclast symbol of successive centuries and of Eastern origin. This cathedral is characteristic for its location, being on a promontory overlooking the sea and above the acropolis itself. Every year, the feast dedicated to the Black Madonna is celebrated on 7 September.

Patti (9 Km)

Teatro Greco di Tindari

The Greek Theatre of Tindari is supposed to have been built in the 4th century BC on a slope close to the sea. The excavations that brought him back to light date back to 1842. Like all Greek theaters it has perfect acoustics. Unfortunately, in the Imperial Age the Theater was used for circus games and after suffering damage its blocks were used for the reconstruction of the walls.

Patti (9 Km)

Tindari - Resti Mura di Cinta (396 a.c.)

The city walls existed only in sections not protected by the inaccessibility of the cliffs. At the beginning of the 3rd century BC, this structure consisted of a double vestment of squared blocks and with internal filling of stone. The walls were crossed by numerous drainage channels and posters.

Patti (9 Km)

Zona archeologica di Tyndaris

Nestled on the highest point of Capo Tindari is an important archaeological area composed of the Greco-Roman Amphitheatre, remains of the market, overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Aeolian Islands. From here you can enjoy a unique panorama overlooking the entire Gulf of Patti and the nature reserve of the salt lakes of “Marinello”.

Tindari (9 Km)

Spiaggia di Marinello

Montalbano Elicona (10 Km)

Rocche dell'Argimusco

The megalithic area of Argimusco, the Sicilian Stonehenge, seems to be one of the few places on our planet where the powerful forces of nature focus to create a magical and ancestral atmosphere.

Gioiosa Marea (11 Km)

Spiaggia di Capo Calavà

Piraino (11 Km)

Chiesa S. Caterina

Considered from an ancient era, over time it has been modified and embellished several times. It was a parish already at the end of 1500 and continued until 1960. On the left side of the Church a short staircase leads to the Chapel of SS. Ecce Homo.

Piraino (11 Km)

Piraino, quattro passi nella storia

Piraino, located at 416m above sea level, according to tradition, the toponym between origin from the name of the Piracmone Cyclops, which built the first nucleus inhabited around the year 827 BC, is a place capable of surprising for its landscapes and the cultural intertwines of its people; his is a very ancient story, between myths and legends.

Piraino (11 Km)

Chiesa del Rosario

The Church of the Rosary, almost at the entrance of the country, was called in ancient times of the Holy Trinity and served for some time as the main Church; it was set on fire and destroyed in the middle of 1500 during a raid of Saracen pirates and rebuilt in 1635 by the Brotherhood of SS. Rosary.

Brolo (13 Km)

Castello di Brolo

The Castle of Brolo was built at the behest of the Lancia di Brolo family. The building has a typical structure of the feudal homes of the fifteenth century. In the main entrance is the sandstone arch and the coat of arms of the Lancia family.

Naso (15 Km)

Spiaggia Testa di Monaco

Capo d'Orlando (16 Km)

Parco Suburbano

Longi (20 Km)

Castello di Longi o Medievale

Longi Castle dates back to the Middle Ages. We know that it was enlarged during the domination of the Lombards, around the twelfth century. This building has been refurbished several times. The last renovation was done in the 19th century. It is thought to be used for civil purposes, rather than military, since there are no towers in the structure. Today there are only ruins left.

Capo d'Orlando (20 Km)

Castello d' Orlando ruderi

According to legend it was founded by Charlemagne, in honor of Paladin Orlando. Some documents attest to its existence in the Middle Ages. The castle kept a simulacrum by Maria SS, unfortunately stolen on the night of 11 December 1925. The following year a copy of it was reproduced in silver, to this day on display in the Sanctuary.

Other attractions in Librizzi

Beaches

Spiaggia Libera

Beaches

Spiaggia Villanti Caterina Bar Pi

Museums

Museo Etnografico

Destinations nearby

Patti

It is 13,1 Km away - about 18 minutes

Raccuja

Raccuja

It is 15,8 Km away - about 27 minutes

Montalbano Elicona

Montalbano Elicona

It is 19,9 Km away - about 33 minutes

Oliveri

Oliveri

It is 22,4 Km away - about 25 minutes

Sinagra

Sinagra

It is 23,2 Km away - about 33 minutes

Gioiosa Marea

It is 23,5 Km away - about 32 minutes

Brolo

It is 29,9 Km away - about 27 minutes

Piraino

It is 35,9 Km away - about 37 minutes

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