Discover Campobello Di Licata

Campobello di Licata stretches across the fields of a fertile high plateau. The town combines public art, churches, local festivals and a landscape where literary themes meet striking natural forms. This creates a destination with several distinct focal points: central squares and buildings, traditional foods, religious events and a literary garden on the slopes of the town.

Piazza XX Settembre and its art

Piazza XX Settembre is the central agora of Campobello di Licata. Here, the term refers to the town’s central square, where the most representative festivals and events take place. Particularly striking is the paving in the style of modern Baroque. It is made of marble and granite and decorated with bas-reliefs and stone mosaics. The two bronze statues, “Il Seminatore” and “La Donna con Quartara”, evoke water and earth. At the same time, they embody the folk traditions and rural origins of Campobello di Licata.

The Palazzo Municipale, also known as the Palazzo di Città, is likewise located on Piazza XX Settembre. The building was constructed in 1650. Its façade bears a mural by Silvio Benedetto with six scenes from rural life. Thus, one square brings together a series of motifs that characterize the town through its festivals, its design and its agricultural origins.

Churches and art in the townscape

The Chiesa Gesù e Maria houses a painting attributed to Domenico Provenzani, valuable frescoes and a large wooden crucifix. The Chiesa di San Giuseppe was initially built outside the town around 1865. It was constructed on the floor plan of an older chapel that had been destroyed in a fire during an epidemic. This church also has a crypt that dates back to the original core of the place of worship.

In Campobello di Licata, you can also encounter art outside churches and historic buildings. The murals “I mille bambini” on the exterior walls of the Scuola Materna on Via Edison welcome visitors upon arriving in Campobello di Licata. On Piazza Aldo Moro, the Fontana delle fanciulle is designed with worked marble, unworked stones and bronze. The bronze monument to manual labor on Piazza Tien An Men consists of “Le grandi mani” and “L'insieme degli attrezzi di lavoro”.

Literary garden and landscape

The Parco della Divina Commedia, also known as Valle delle pietre dipinte, is a literary garden in Campobello di Licata. In it, 110 travertine stones depict Dante’s journey through the three realms of the afterlife. The park lies on the southern slopes of the hill on which Campobello di Licata stands. It therefore complements the town’s squares and buildings with a landscape in which literature and stone are brought together.

About 5 km from the town center lies the Parco Antico di Iachinu Filì, also locally known as Iachinu Filì. The site is a narrow limestone ridge of about 1.5 hectares, running from east to west along the Iacopo Filippo stream. Its approximate distance, size and distinctive shape clearly distinguish this place from the central squares and the literary garden.

Food, festivals and local traditions

The culinary side of Campobello di Licata includes Lu 'Mpurnatu, a baked pasta dish made with ziti-like pasta, meat sauce, wild fennel, cauliflower, typical cheeses and eggs. La 'Mpanata, on the other hand, is a thin pastry baked in the oven. Its filling consists of cauliflower, spinach, onions and black olives.

An important date is the Festa San Giuseppe on 19 March. In Campobello di Licata, it is celebrated with processions and a staged depiction of the Flight into Egypt. The festival also includes Tavole di San Giuseppe. Believers set them up in gratitude for a grace received and fill them with sweets, cakes and the first produce of the season. At La Rietina, a fireworks display follows the procession.

Find accommodation in Campobello Di Licata

When choosing your accommodation, you can align the focus of your trip with these different aspects of the town: Piazza XX Settembre and its public art, the churches and their interiors, the Parco della Divina Commedia, or the festivals and food. This makes it possible to search for a hotel in Campobello Di Licata with a clear idea of which cultural, scenic and culinary sides of the town you would like to discover.

If you would like to research other destinations in addition to Campobello Di Licata, you can find Ravanusa, Caltabellotta, Villaggio Mosè, Porto Empedocle, Licata, Santa Margherita Di Belice, Ribera and Burgio here.

For the overarching travel overview: Agrigento.