Enna heart of Sicily and enchantment of millenary history...

Commune of Agira

94011 Agira (Enna)
Townhall, via Vitt. Emanuele
Tel. +39 0935 691001 - 691795 - 691677
Fax +39 0935 9611111 - 960400

http://www.comune.agira.en.it

Pro Loco di Agira
Largo Fiera, 40
94011 Agira (Enna)

      

The Territory

Travelling early in the morning along the main 121 road, 10 kilometres from Nissoria, the dawn offers a unique spectacle: the lights from the town stand out in the sky which is not yet illuminated, while the sunrise tinges everything red and reveals the shape of the Etna. This is Agira, the native place of Diodoro Siculo, the first historian who undertook a universal historiography. But it is also the town of St. Philip the Syrian, who did not fear fighting the devil here. It is also the town of myths: here Hercules undertook one of his famous trials by drying up a small lake at the foot of the town. Today it is a historical town as can be seen from its beautiful churches: San Filippo, Santa Margherita, San Antonio of Padua, Most Holy Saviour and Santa Maria Maggiore. Above it all stands out the Norman castle, from where you can enjoy a view which, rotating at 360 degrees, extends far and wide across the entire province of Enna, towards the plain of Catania, the high peaks of the Nebrodi, the Erei and the distant Madonie Mountains.