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who in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1754\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1754<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> drew up a valuable manuscript entitled: Of the History of Ali and its Territory, full of news about the origins of the town.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the text, Ali was founded, in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/638_a.C.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">638 BC.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Greek colonists from<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elide\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ilia<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a region of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grecia\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Greece<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located in the western part of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peloponneso\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peloponnese<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The original settlement was located on today&#8217;s Piano Mollerino, very close to the Promontorio d&#8217;Al\u00ec and a short distance from the sea. Subsequently, possibly due to pirate raids, the settlement of Piano Mollerino was abandoned, and a site undoubtedly safer was chosen: the plateau at the top of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monte_Scuderi\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mount Scuderi<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. That settlement proved unsuitable, being extremely exposed to winds and weather, especially during the winter. It was decided to move the settlement to a third site, on the slopes of Mount St. Helena, where the town grew and prospered to the present day. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among the hypotheses regarding the founding of the country, it has also been suggested that this was done by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Musulmani\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muslims<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The name could therefore derive from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ali_ibn_Abi_Talib\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ali ibn Abi Talib<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, son-in-law and cousin of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maometto\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muhammad<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1093\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1093<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, King <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ruggero_I_di_Sicilia\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roger I of Sicily<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, granted the villages of Ali and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Itala_(Italia)\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Itala<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monaci_basiliani\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Basilian monks<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the monastery of Saints Peter and Paul of Itala. L&#8217;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abate\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">abbot<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of that monastery thus became <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barone\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">baron<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of Al\u00ec and Itala, exercising over the two villages the power of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mero_et_mixto_imperio\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mero et mixto imperio<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The centers of Ali and Itala were placed under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Archimandritato_del_Santissimo_Salvatore\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">archimandrite of Messina<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1468\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1468<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Ali was incorporated into the tiny <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diocesi\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">diocese<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Archimandrita\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">archimandrite<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Savoca\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Savoca<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throughout the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/XVI_secolo\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">16th century<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Ali experienced a period of great economic, building and population development, thanks to income from mining and the cultivation of the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Olea_europaea\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">olive tree<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It was in this century that the present Cathedral of St. Agatha arose (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1565\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1565<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) and the Capuchin Convent (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1574\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1574<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). There were privileged relations between Al\u00ec and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Messina\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Messina<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, so much so that the Straits city &#8220;did not disdain to admit Ali to the enjoyment of many of its privileges and even to the contest of the annual senatorial election.&#8221; Moreover, ties were strengthened by the many Al\u00ec families of the wealthier classes related to those of the Messina aristocracy. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the occasion of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rivolta_antispagnola_di_Messina\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anti-Spanish rebellion in Messina<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1674\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1674<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\/&#8217;78, Ali, like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fiumedinisi\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fiumedinisi<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> e <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Savoca\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Savoca<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, remained loyal to the Spanish monarchy. The consequence was that Ali had to suffer devastation and looting at the hands of the Messinians.  There were privileged relations between Al\u00ec and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Savoca\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Savoca<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Because of such events, as Brother Seraphim reports, &#8220;he fell without rising to his primitive greatness.&#8221; It must be remembered that relations between Ali and the Basilian monastery of Itala were never idyllic.  In fact, a serious dispute arose over the issue of income, the bitterest being the one concerning the rights claimed over the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sansa\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sansa<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which dragged on throughout the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/XVIII_secolo\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">eighteenth century<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, concluding only in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1799\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1799<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friar Seraphim&#8217;s sources report that it was precisely in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1746\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1746<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that in the locality of Piano Mollerino, numerous archaeological finds were discovered consisting of the remains of buildings, ceramics, coins, burials and human skeletons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Terremoto_della_Calabria_meridionale_del_1783\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">earthquake of 1783<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  caused some damage to the settlement but the town recovered. Subsequently, a process of depopulation and exodus began, benefiting   <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Al%C3%AC_Terme\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ali Marina<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Between the eighteenth century and the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/XIX_secolo\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nineteenth century<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Marina di Al\u00ec became a destination for European travelers for its hot springs that are still active today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nel <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1812\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1812<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,  <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Costituzione_siciliana_del_1812\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a new constitution<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In fact, a serious dispute arose over the issue of income, the bitterest being the one concerning the rights claimed over the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Feudalesimo\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">feudalism<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> nel <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Regno_di_Sicilia_(1734-1816)\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kingdom of Sicily<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al\u00ec&#8217;s land became <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Comune\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">municipality<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of Al\u00ec; the town was included in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Distretto_di_Castroreale\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Castroreale District<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and became the capital of the eponymous <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Circondario_di_Al%C3%AC&#038;action=edit&#038;redlink=1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">district of Ali<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1910\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1910<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the hamlet of Al\u00ec Marina was detached from the main town, giving rise to the current municipality of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Al%C3%AC_Terme\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al\u00ec Terme<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (from 1928 to 1946, however, they were merged into a single municipality). Since then, to distinguish the two centers, the hill town was also called Al\u00ec Superiore, a name, however, that was never officially adopted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Between the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/XIX_secolo\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">twentieth century<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the town of Ali was home to several industries: recall that of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ghiaccio\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ice<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gesso_(materiale)\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gypsum<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and packaging boxes<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>ALI&#8217; TERME.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The country of Al\u00ec Terme boasts a very ancient origin, and several historical theses have been made in this regard. Some scholars claim that Al\u00ec boasts its origins from Ilia, a city in Greece. From the manuscript &#8220;The History of the Land of Al\u00ec&#8221; by Father Serafino, a Capuchin and novice master of the convent of Al\u00ec, the narrative begins as follows: &#8220;The colony founded its first dwelling in the Marina of Al\u00ec, near the Argeno promontory known as &#8216;Capo Grosso,&#8217; on the top and plain of this promontory called today Migliorvino or Mollerino. There the remains of that distant era were found: a floor made of mosaic, ancient bricks, remains of human bones, underground galleries, coins, terracotta lamps and more&#8230;&#8221;  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The presence of the ancient settlers is also demonstrated by the discovery on the two headlands Agresti and Impromile of remains of fortresses that were built to defend the nearby colony. However, these inhabitants were continually harassed by pirates, with invasions and looting. So, many years passed, to exempt themselves from these harassments, they retreated above Mount Saturnio or Nepturnio (later called Sparverio, Spaverio and finally Scuderi).   This mountain, a wonderful mass of limestone rock, is mentioned by many authors of Sicilian history, among whom is the Abbot <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vito_Amico\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vito Amico<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who, in the &#8216;Topographical Dictionary of Sicily&#8217;, describes it as follows: &#8216;&#8230; Scuderio, it stretches somewhat downhill over a plain abundant with herbs and plants. Ruined remains, traces of buildings, and an empty mill can be seen, signs of ancient dwellings Father Serafino also recounted that in the middle of the plane of this mountain was a winding hole, into which curious people descended, drawn by the lure of finding treasures. Among them, Giuseppe Panarello, an old nivarolo, claimed to have found a coin of the finest gold coined on both sides and a brass pin about a palm long with a diamond head. So all these finds, some of which are now kept in the Palermo Museum and others with Messinian families, testify to the presence of that ancient population, which built a town on Mount Scuderi. But if their dwelling located above the mountain was more protected from abuse, violence from pirate raids, the inhabitants had to fight the constant bad weather, strong winds and abundant snow (&#8230;cf. Samperi &#8211; &#8220;Messana Naturae Prodigium&#8221;). Eventually, having abandoned that inhospitable site, they decided to descend to lower ground, three miles from the sea. Here they built the third dwelling (the present village), which was named Elim in honor of the ancient homeland from which their ancestors had departed. This name was later, in time, changed to Ali.      <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among the hypotheses regarding the founding of the country, it has also been suggested that this was done by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Musulmani\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muslims<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The name could therefore derive from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ali_ibn_Abi_Talib\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ali ibn Abi Talib<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, son-in-law and cousin of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maometto\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muhammad<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, if we are to lend credence to some writers, this name might derive from Ali (without accent) since Mount Scuderi seemed to have two wings on its sides and so the town, in its honor, was called &#8220;Country of the Wings,&#8221; and later the ancient name Ali was transformed into Ali (with accent). In fact, as evidence of this, the Coat of Arms of Al\u00ec Terme depicts a Sparrowhawk on a blue background with open silver wings in the act of rising from the mountain. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 250 B.C. the new town stood on the slopes of a hillock with a mild climate, with numerous hamlets housing some 14,000 inhabitants. When Messina was besieged by the Carthaginians, the Aliesi rushed to its aid and, together, defeated the enemy. Returning to the town they found it burned and looted by the Saracens. It was then the Messinesi who helped the Aliesi to rebuild it, and it seems that at that time the population reached 38,000, remaining so large until 1600. In 1674-78, when Messina was at war with Spain, Ali was again sacked by the Saracens, who ruled here until 1800. After the expulsion of the Saracens, Count Ruggiero had the Abbey of St. Peter and Paul of Itala built, granting the first Abbot Gelasius, in commendation, the villages of Al\u00ec and Itala. Thus, these two localities had for several centuries, as Temporal Lord, the Abbot of this Monastery. In 1886, the monastic property was suppressed and the extensive forest of the commenda was divided among the aforementioned villages.       <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Originally and until 1910, the town was called Ali Marina because of its proximity to the sea. It was a district of the nearby municipality of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Al%C3%AC_(Italia)\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ali<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, located at the foot of the Sant&#8217;Elena Hill, 450 m above sea level. By Law No. 394 of June 30, 1910, this hamlet was detached from the original municipality of Al\u00ec and constituted into an autonomous municipality called Al\u00ec Marina, an autonomy that it in fact obtained in 1911, thus also becoming the chief town of the province of Messina. Subsequently, because of the growing development of tourism and balneo spa and the importance assumed by this center that had become the seat of studies and important public offices, by Royal Decree No. 2040 of August 18, 1928, the two municipalities were reunited under the name of Al\u00ec but with Al\u00ec Marina as its capital. In 1946, by virtue of Decree No. 181 of February 22, the original municipality of Al\u00ec (called &#8220;Superior&#8221; to distinguish it) was reconstituted with the pre-existing district and consequently Al\u00ec Marina also returned to its previous situation. As a result of Regional Law No. 250 of July 31, 1954, the name was finally changed to Al\u00ec Terme, to enhance the presence of therapeutic waters famous since the 18th century.    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>FIUMEDINISI<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the 7th century B.C. Greek Chalcidian settlers, attracted by the mineral deposits, founded the colony of Nisa on high ground near the present town of Fiumedinisi and gave the local river the name Chrysorhoas (Aurea Corrente). In Norman times the settlement was relocated at the present site with the name &#8220;Flumen Dionisyi.&#8221; In this valley, in 1197, found the cause of his death Emperor Henry VI Hohenstaufen, father of Frederick II (the &#8220;Stupor Mundi&#8221;). In 1392 Fiumedinisi became a fief of the Romano Colonna family and experienced a period of wide splendor. During the anti-Spanish revolt of Messina in 1674-78 Fiumedinisi remained loyal to the Crown and the people of Messina saw Fiumedinisi as the &#8220;most enemy country of Messina.&#8221; (Laloy). For this reason the country was plundered by the Messinesi who plundered everywhere, &#8220;committing on the population unspeakable excesses.&#8221; (Galati). Reconstruction took place through the work of King Charles II, who expressed his &#8220;royal gratitude&#8221; in a message still legible today on a plaque placed on the main fa\u00e7ade of the Matrice church. Fiumedinisi was severely affected by the plague epidemic of 1743 and deeply devastated by the tremendous flood of 1855 which caused the loss of important productive structures including the Mussola factory, which employed more than a thousand people, and the foundry while the paper mill of S. Giorgio suffered damage. Mining was active in Fiumedinisi until the early 1960s.          <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>NIZZA DI SICILIA<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The location of this site is quite controversial as well as uncertain is the toponym. Tamaritio Palmarum or Palma Tamerici or Tamaricium Palmarum, identified by various authors with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phoinix\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Phoinix<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, location in which according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Appiano_Alessandrino\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Appian Alexandria<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Pompey&#8217;s army stayed overnight before the naval battle against <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Augusto\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Octavian<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 36 B.C., is located by several authors along a rather extensive strip of the Ionian coast of Messina between <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sant%27Alessio_Siculo\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sant&#8217;Alessio Siculo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Al%C3%AC_Terme\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al\u00ec Terme<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. According to Cluverio, however, the site could be located &#8216;at Nisi ostium&#8217;, that is, at the mouth of the Fiumedinisi stream, based on what is reported in the &#8216;Itineraria&#8217; of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antonino_Pio\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Antoninus Pius<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (3rd century A.D.), which places it 20,000 paces from Messina and 15,000 paces from &#8216;Per Tauromenion Naxo&#8217; This area was traversed by the Consular Valeria road and thus traveled by travelers at least as far back as Roman times as evidenced, among other things, by the discovery on the beach of coins dating from that period. It is important to point out that, regarding the localization of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phoinix\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Phoinix<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the theory of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Filippo_Cluverio\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Philip Cluverio<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In fact, all scholars agree in stating that Phoinix was located a little further south of the current territory of Nizza di Sicilia, that is, near the present-day municipalities of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Santa_Teresa_di_Riva\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Santa Teresa di Riva<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> e <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Furci_Siculo\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furci Siculo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Al Igiasah or Al Iggasah (&#8220;the plum tree&#8221; according to Michele Amari; or &#8220;the pear&#8221; from the Arabic &#8220;I-gasa&#8221;) is supposed to be the name of today&#8217;s Nice of Sicily. Michele Amari, in translating the work of the Arab geographer Idrisi, identifies this locality with Marina di Fiumedinisi.  Surnames like Elemicch, place names like the Saracen Quarter, which takes its name from Via Saraceni, now Via Medici, and the Bedouin Quarter, located near the Fiumedinisi stream, suggest that an Arab group lived in this area. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">May 15 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1392\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1392<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sovrani_di_Sicilia\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">King and Queen<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Regno_di_Trinacria\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of Sicily<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martino_I_di_Sicilia\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Martin I<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> e <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maria_di_Sicilia\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mary<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, grant the farmhouse and castle of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fiumedinisi\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fiumedinisi<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Tommaso_Romano_Colonna&#038;action=edit&#038;redlink=1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tommaso Romano Colonna<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for reducing to their obedience the city of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Messina\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Messina<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. These, for the services rendered to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Re_di_Sicilia\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crown<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, will also own the territory from Fiumedinisi creek to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sant%27Alessio_Siculo\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S. Alessio<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He gave up as early as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1408\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1408<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to his son Filippo the barony of Fiumedinisi, which includes the territory between the eponymous stream and the present-day Allume stream. The stretch of the riviera between these two streams is the so-called marina of Fiumedinisi. It will retain the name until 1613, the year in which the widow of Antonino Romano Colonna, Duke of Fiumedinisi, marries Giovanni La Rocca, owner of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roccalumera\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lumera or Alumera<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. With that marriage that part of the Marina of Fiumedinisi extending to today&#8217;s Castello d&#8217;Alcontres to the Allume creek becomes Marina di Roccalumera. The part, on the other hand, that extends from the castle to the Fiumedinisi creek will still retain the name Marina di Fiumedinisi for over 200 years. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following the petition of a hundred citizens of the two navies, headed by Don Emmanuele (sic) Interdonato, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ferdinando_II_delle_Due_Sicilie\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> issues Royal Decree no. 1405 of December 18, 1849 by which it united the two navies under the name of San Ferdinando. The new municipality will receive from Fiumedinisi 241 hectares of the forest land, which will assume and retain the name San Ferdinando forest. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By Royal Decree 1218 of May 11, 1863, issued by the King of Italy <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vittorio_Emanuele_II_di_Savoia\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Victor Emmanuel II<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, San Ferdinando changed its name to Nizza di Sicilia in honor of the Hero of the Two Worlds <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Giuseppe_Garibaldi\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Giuseppe Garibaldi<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who had already named it so in 1860 in a receipt he gave to a delegation of Sanferdinandesi, who had handed him a cash contribution for the national cause. In 1929, as a result of R.D. 655 of March 28, Nizza became a hamlet of Roccalumera and would be so until December 25, 1948, when Regional Law No. 42 of 3\/12\/1948 came into effect.  <\/span><\/p>\n"},{"status":false,"title":"WATER","text":"<p>Water sources are present.<\/p>\n"},{"status":false,"title":"SERVICES ","text":"<p><b>Supermarkets &#8211; butcher shops &#8211; bakery:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Ali:<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alimentare &#8220;da Cettina&#8221; di Raneri Domenico, via S. Giuseppe &#8211; tel. 0942\/700060;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flavia&#8217;s Food, Domenico Ferrantello Street;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pant\u00f2 Giuseppe&#8217;s butcher shop, 13 Via Roma &#8211; tel. 0942\/7000079; <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Macellerai da Nino, 12 Brunaccini Street &#8211; tel. 0942\/700051; <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Racon\u00e0 Gianfranco&#8217;s Bakery, 3 Pietro Fam\u00e0 Street &#8211; tel. 0942\/700024.   <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Al\u00ec Terme:<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deco Supermarket of De Luca Gabriele, 29\/E Lungomare Street &#8211; tel. 0942\/715172; <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ARD Discount supermarket, 3 Alcide De Gasperi Street &#8211; tel. 0942\/89.312; <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La Bottega del Gusto, via Francesco Crispi no. 142.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Macelleria-Salumeria da Biagio, 14 Nino Prestia Square &#8211; tel. 334\/7715496; <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Macelleria Minimarket Agnello, 315 Francesco Crispi Street &#8211; tel. 0942\/715177; <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Macelleria Rascon\u00e0, 439 Francesco Crispi Street &#8211; tel. 0942\/715155; <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mazzucco fish market, 373 Francesco Crispi St. &#8211; tel. 380\/3622572; <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rascon\u00e0 Sandro&#8217;s Bakery, 143 Francesco Crispi Street; <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guarnera Giovanni Bakery, via Tiro a Segno &#8211; tel. 0942\/715961.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fiumedinisi:<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alimentari Rao Grazia, 16\/bis Umberto I Street &#8211; tel. 0942\/771031; <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alimentari Natoli Rosaria, Via Roma &#8211; tel. 0942\/771415<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Puglisi Orazio Butcher Shop, 44 Umberto I Street &#8211; tel. 0942\/771254; <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alimentari lo Conte Paola via Ruagrande &#8211; tel. 0942\/771491;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fleri\/Nucita butcher shop via Umberto I &#8211; tel. 3407695422;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Butcher&#8217;s shop Nucita via salita San Pietro &#8211; tel. 339\/3269349.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Nice of Sicily:<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despar, 15 Astronauts Street &#8211; tel. 0942\/090410; <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Savings Shop, 399 Umberto I Street- tel. 0942680119; <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Macelleria P.B.C. s.r.l. via Giuseppe Mazzini No. 80 &#8211; tel. 0942\/715809; <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Macelleria Crudo, Cooked and Eaten, 397 Umberto I Street &#8211; tel. 0942\/701696; <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Macelleria Bottega della Carne, 423 Umberto I Street &#8211; tel. 0942\/682422; <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biagio Nucita&#8217;s Fish Market, 352 Umberto I Street &#8211; tel. 0942\/701603; <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gregorio Bakery, 13\/A Commander S. Todaro Street &#8211; tel. 0942\/701229; <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bakery Il Forno dei Desideri, 379 Umberto I Street &#8211; tel. 0942\/715347. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Pharmacies:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Ali:<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Medical Watch: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Holy Spirit Street &#8211; tel. 0942700171<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>&#8220;Chimicata Dr. Ambrose&#8221; Pharmacy: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Via Roma, No. 51 &#8211; tel. 0942557863<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Al\u00ec Terme:<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Medical Watch: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Master William Street &#8211; tel. 0942715212 &#8211; 336245612<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>&#8220;Lagan\u00e0 Dr. Rosalba&#8221; Pharmacy: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Via Francesco Crispi, no. 200 &#8211; <\/span> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tel. 0942715143<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fiumedinisi:<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Medical Watch: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Matrix Square, No. 1 &#8211; tel. 0942771164<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>&#8220;Dr. Vincenzo Pietropaolo&#8221; Pharmacy: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">St. Peter&#8217;s Multipurpose Center, St. Peter&#8217;s Square<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; tel. 0942771512<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Nice of Sicily:<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Medical Watch: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Via Comandante Todaro &#8211; tel. 0942715986<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>&#8220;Dr. Zahami Arena&#8221; Pharmacy: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">309 Umberto I Street &#8211; tel. 0942716161<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n"},{"status":false,"title":"SIGNAGE","text":"<p>YES<\/p>\n"},{"status":false,"title":"ROAD BOTTOM.","text":"<p>Asphalt: 16.400 km \/ 47%<\/p>\n<p>Dirt: 18.500 km \/ 43%<\/p>\n<p>TOTAL: 34.900 KM \/ 100%<\/p>\n"},{"status":false,"title":"CREDENTIALS","text":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The credential exists regarding the path &#8220;The Way of the Marian Shrines in the Anello del Nisi.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A religious path that connects the Maria Asuliatrice Shrine in Al\u00ec Terme (Me) to the Maria SS. Annunziata Shrine in Fiumedinisi (Me), a ring path that through some paths of the Anello del Nisi, affects the religious communities of the municipalities of Al\u00ec, Al\u00ec Terme, Fiumedinisi and Nizza di Sicilia.<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"status":false,"title":"IN TENT","text":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is possible to bivouac in tents at different points along the route.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Permits are needed.<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"status":false,"title":"CONTACTS  ","text":"<p><b>Anello del Nisi Association APS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mail: <\/span><a href=\"mailto:anellodelnisi@gmail.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">anellodelnisi@gmail.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tel: 3392925141<\/span><\/p>\n"}]},"pagePoster":{"title":"Anello del Nisi","text":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Anello del Nisi walk is a gentle and environmentally sustainable route to be experienced over several days, in the mode of slow tourism, to be done in solitude or in company.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","linkBtn":{"title":"","url":"#scopriletappe","target":""},"textBtn":"DISCOVER THE STAGES"},"scheda_tecnica":{"lunghezza":"35 ","dislivello_medio":"","n_tappe":"3","partenza":" Istituto Maria Ausiliatrice (Al\u00ec Terme)","arrivo":" Castello D\u2019Alcontres (Nizza di Sicilia)","tipologia":"linear","tema":[],"portata":"regional","periodo_ideale":"","stagione_ideale":[]},"tappe":{"show_all":true,"all_tappe":"","tappa":[{"status":false,"title":"STAGE 01","text":"<h2><strong>STAGE 01: From Maria Ausiliatrice Institute (Al\u00ec Terme) to at St. Agata Cathedral (Al\u00ec)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Departure<\/strong>: Mary Help of Christians Institute<br \/>\n<strong>Arrival<\/strong>: Saint Agatha Cathedral<br \/>\n<strong>Distance<\/strong>: 9.4 km<br \/>\n<strong>Height difference<\/strong>: +1 m \/ &#8211; 446 m<\/p>\n<p>Starting point is the Maria Ausiliatrice Shrine, at the Istituto Figlie di Maria Ausiliatrice in the town of Al\u00ec Terme. From the SS114 you enter the seafront and follow it north to the end where you can choose to continue on the SS114, recommended for those who move with fatigue on long sandy stretches or, alternatively you can follow the beach line until you reach Capo Al\u00ec or Capo Grosso. In the vicinity of the Cape you will catch a glimpse of the ancient tower, called Saracen by some. Once past Capo Grosso continue to the mouth of Vallone Calamaci, which can be traveled along a small path. When you reach SS114, turn back until you take, on the right, the wide paved road that passes under the uphill highway viaducts. For those traveling the entire SS114, this is the point at which you begin to climb toward Al\u00ec. Leaving a shrine dedicated to Our Lady of Carmel on the right, continue on a dirt road, thus reaching a scenic flat area. Take the detour to the left that descends slightly in altitude to the area affected by the war installations of the Margottini Battery. Turn back to the junction and continue left uphill. You pass through agricultural-rural localities admiring olive groves, vineyards and orchards, and typical Mediterranean scrub. Continuing on, you reach the SP28 Al\u00ec Terme-Al\u00ec. You ride the last few hairpin bends reaching a panoramic lay-by with seats. Continue toward the center to arrive in front of the majestic and artistic facade of Al\u00ec Cathedral dedicated to St. Agatha.            <\/p>\n"},{"status":false,"title":"STAGE 02","text":"<h2><strong>STAGE 02: From the Cathedral of Sant&#8217;Agata (Al\u00ec) to the Mother Church SS. Annunziata (Fiumedinisi)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Departure<\/strong>: Cathedral St. Agatha (Ali)<br \/>\n<strong>Arrival<\/strong>: Mother Church SS. Annunziata (Fiumedinisi)<br \/>\n<strong>Distance<\/strong>: 10.2 km<br \/>\n<strong>Height difference<\/strong>: +196 m \/ &#8211; 445 m<\/p>\n<p>Starting from the Cathedral Square of Al\u00ec, one descends along Via S. Zaccaria that runs alongside the Church. In the first parking lot located below the churchyard of the Mother Church is a nice fountain of fresh water; continuing downhill, before turning right to head toward the Al\u00ec Stream, you will encounter a second fountain. Toward the right, you follow the agricultural road that crosses the Al\u00ec Stream and continues as a dirt road on the other side of the valley. Deviations to the right and left are left out, continuing on the main road, also skirting a small residential area. Arriving in the valley, the road widens and becomes paved. We are in the Tripi and Grotte districts, where until the beginning of the last century metalliferous mines were exploited from which Antimony, Blenda and Galena were extracted. Continuing for about 700 m on the wide asphalt road, at a sharp bend it veers to the right to enter the landscape of the Fiumedinisi Valley. Continuing on a dirt road, slightly up and down you continue upstream as you approach the village of Fiumedinisi. You reach the Vallone D&#8217;Armi and, after crossing the bridge over the valley and following the bridge over the Fiumedinisi Torrent, you reach, through Via Corso S. Bottari and some narrow lanes, the Chiesa Matrice dedicated to the Madonna Annunziata. Of note, in the passage of the bridge over the Vallone d&#8217;Armi, is an interesting stand of Pteris vittata fern, characterized by erect or arched fronds with narrow linear leaflets.         <\/p>\n<p><strong>ALTERNATIVE ROUTE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Distance<\/strong>: 9.5 km<br \/>\n<strong>Height difference<\/strong>: +196 m \/ &#8211; 623 m<\/p>\n<p>The route described represents an alternative of the second STAGE. From Piazza Duomo in the village of Al\u00ec, one follows the road that runs along the north side of the church&#8217;s nave, following the sign indicating the small church Spirito Santo. Continue, leaving out the various side streets on Via Flomara. Before leaving the settlement, it is possible to pay a visit to the Spirito Santo church by taking the side street of the same name on the right. Continue on Via Flomara for about 2 km until you reach the creek where a footbridge allows you to reach the other side. The ascent begins and after crossing the Corvo Stream continue uphill and at the hairpin bend continue to the right. After a little more than 200 m it is advisable to make a detour from the main route to reach, via an easy dirt road on the level, after about 400 m, the Contrada Geras\u00eca, characterized by a dense cultivation of Walnut trees and the presence of the springs of the same name. Turning back to the junction, one continues to the right uphill. After about 250 m you meet another fork where you continue to the right uphill. Continue on to the ruins of Case Ranati, at 590 m, once a well-cultivated and pleasant site as can be seen by the presence of a rich network of dry stone walls. At 60 m from the ruins, within the small valley, there is a valuable water source. This leads to the pleasant locality of S. Nicola. When you reach the junction indicating the locality of Naghi Baghi upstream, you can decide whether to start descending toward Fiumedinisi via the convenient road, or make a detour to enjoy the splendid panoramic views by walking along the ridge or the mule track, toward the sea, to reach as far as the houses S. Nicola. Once the views have been admired, take the road that, heading back upstream below the coast, continues toward the countryside and the town of Fiumedinisi. Omitting all side detours, you descend for about 3 km until you reach the village in the valley of the same name.              <\/p>\n<p><strong>ALTERNATIVE ROUTE (LONGER)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Distance<\/strong>: 16.3 km<br \/>\n<strong>Height difference<\/strong>: +196 m \/ &#8211; 576 m<\/p>\n<p>Starting from the Cathedral Square of Al\u00ec, one descends along Via S. Zaccaria that runs alongside the Church. In the first parking lot located below the churchyard of the Mother Church is a nice fountain of fresh water; continuing downhill, before turning right to head toward the Al\u00ec Stream, you will encounter a second fountain. Toward the right, you follow the agricultural road that crosses the Al\u00ec Stream and continues as a dirt road on the other side of the valley. You omit the detours to the right and left, continuing on the main road, also skirting a small residential area. Arriving in the valley, the road widens and becomes paved. We are in Contrada Tripi and Grotte, where until the beginning of the last century metalliferous mines were exploited from which Antimony, Blenda and Galena were extracted. Before descending toward Contrada Tripi, where the paved road begins, take a dirt road uphill on the right that heads toward Contrada Cardona and Monte Piadaci. You walk through an area with an evocative landscape with erratic boulders of crystalline limestone, detached from a large rocky ridge at the base of which there is a vast ingrowth that characterizes it throughout its extension. The path makes a left turn and an almost sharp bend to the right, leaving out a small road that leads to houses and cultivated gardens on private property. We are in Contrada Cardonia, below Monte Piadaci (555 m). Now the road is flat, and we meet on the right a beautiful sunken plateau, circular in shape, resembling sinkholes in limestone terrain. Take a small road on the right that heads into a small gorge where the rocky ridge already mentioned begins. Here it is possible to pay a visit to the ingrottos. Turn back toward the sinkhole and resume the path first on the level and then uphill. Passing several twists and turns, on the road that zigzags a bit for about 1 km, you reach the vast plateau of Case S. Nicola (575 m). Having traveled the linear stretch for about 500 m, past the houses and repeaters, leave out the trazzera going to the right and proceed under the coast in the now Nisano slope. From this point continue as in the previous itinerary.                <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n"},{"status":false,"title":"STAGE 03","text":"<h2><strong>STAGE 03: From the Mother Church SS. Annunziata (Fiumedinisi) to Castello d&#8217;Alcontres (Nizza di Sicilia)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Departure<\/strong>: Mother Church SS. Annunziata (Fiumedinisi)<br \/>\n<strong>Arrival<\/strong>: Castello D&#8217;Alcontres (Nizza di Sicilia)<br \/>\n<strong>Distance<\/strong>: 9.2 km<br \/>\n<strong>Height difference<\/strong>: +14 m \/ &#8211; 445 m<\/p>\n<p>From Fiumedinisi&#8217;s Piazza Matrice, one descends toward St. Peter&#8217;s Church through the paved Via Umberto I, traveled by the faithful on their knees during devotional rites related to the Feast of the Annunciation. Going around the apse of St. Peter&#8217;s Church, climbing to the right, Salita S. Pietro, Vico S. Pietro and Vico Roma, you reach Via Convento and Salita S. Francesco. Turning right onto SP27, one passes some old houses that have been recently renovated, until reaching the Church of Carmine, where there is a fountain before taking the steps, to the left, that lead onto the paved agricultural road that connects Fiumedinisi with the village of Allume. Continue to the left, always following the paved road. At the crossroads with the    <\/p>\n<p>sign Castello Belvedere, proceed straight on, leaving the detours, to reach the Fonte Acqua Rossa spring, also equipped with a drinking trough for animals. On the level, continue to the small village of Buticari, characterized by the presence of a reddish-colored farmhouse, hence the name &#8220;Palazzo Rosso.&#8221; At that dwelling you keep left downhill. After passing a couple of hairpin bends, proceed for a little more than 200 m until intercepting the upper entrance to the Rocca di Buticari Suburban Park, in the municipal territory of Nizza di Sicilia, landmark is the presence of a pylon. Once you enter the park area, you intercept the small road paved in concrete and stone work of the interventions related to the creation of the park itself and follow it to the gazebo at the viewpoint. You descend to the plateau equipped as a rest area and playground for children. 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