Bandiera Lilla
Bandiera Lilla in Sicily
4 towns
Sicily holds 4 Bandiera Lilla sites inside our catalogue. Most cluster in the Messina, Palermo, and Ragusa provinces.
The three most recognized in our catalogue are Modica, Geraci Siculo, and San Vito Lo Capo. 1 more town carries the mark alongside them.
The towns
Modica
Province: Ragusa · 296 m
A vertical Baroque city in the Hyblean Mountains, rebuilt from the 1693 earthquake and home to a chocolate recipe brought from Aztec Mexico.
Geraci Siculo
Province: Palermo · 1,077 m
A Madonie ridge village at 1,077 meters, capital of the Ventimiglia marquisate from 1258 and the first marquisate granted in Sicily.
San Vito Lo Capo
Province: Trapani · 5 m
A three-kilometer white-sand beach at Sicily's northwest tip, the town that turned cous cous into a September festival.
Savoca
Province: Messina · 300 m
A hilltop borgo at 300 meters above the Ionian, its ridge lined with stepped lanes and balconied stone houses.
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Five more towns
Montefiascone
Province: Viterbo
A 590-meter hill town on the highest hill of the Volsini, source of Est! Est!! Est!!!.
Pieve di Teco
Province: Imperia
A planned market town founded in 1233 in the middle Arroscia valley, with porticoed Corso Ponzoni and one of the smallest theaters in Italy.
Busseto
Province: Parma
A 40-meter town where Giuseppe Verdi grew up, with a 300-seat opera house in the Rocca he refused to enter.
Maratea
Province: Potenza
Basilicata's only commune on the Tyrrhenian, thirty-two kilometers of rocky coast overlooked by a stone-clad Christ finished in 1965 and turned toward the mountain.
Centola
Province: Salerno
A Cilento hill village at 336 meters whose seaside frazione carries the name of Aeneas' helmsman.