Montevago
Agrigento
A charming town situated on a hill overlooking the entire Belìce valley and inhabited since ancient times, Montevago was founded in 1636 by a local noblewoman, Girolama Xirotta, who obtained the authority to establish an agricultural colony. In the XVII century Don Rutilo Xirotta and his wife Eleonora Gravini initially acquired the principality and subsequently the investiture of the “State and Land of Montevago”. Its urban design of an orthogonal maze was crossed by a main axis (Corso Umberto) bordered by two power-symbolic buildings, the Xirotta baronial Palace (the prince’s castle) and the Mother Church. After being knocked to the ground by the 1968 earthquake the old town was completely rebuilt.
Places to visit in Montevago
Mother Church (Cathedral) of Saint Peter and Paul
Churches
The Cathedral of Montevago was built on the spot where the Church of the Holy Crucifix or Purgatory once stood. It is dedicated to the...
Church of Our Lady of Graces
Churches
The origins of the Church of Our Lady of Graces derive from the accidental discovery, in the open countryside, of an image of Holy Mary,...
Acqua Pia SPA
Thermal - SPA
The Acqua Pia thermal springs are surrounded by a legend. The story goes that two young shepherds, Cinzio and Corinzia, came to bathe in the...
