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Events Butera
Wednesday 23 May 2012
Butera Marina
Category: Attractions
Time: all year
The Butera Marina stretches for miles and miles and is characterized by slightly wild nature : fine golden sand, cacti that grow, Mediterranean bushes and scrub. All around there are small seaside villages.
Where: Butera
City: Butera
Falconara castle
Category: Attractions
Time: all year
The castle, dating from the fourteenth century, is one of the best preserved in Sicily. Expanded and strengthened over time, it has always played the role of protecter against pirate attacks occurred until the end of the eighteenth century. Passed by Santapau to Branciforti to Bordonaro, halfway through the 1800s it was renovated and converted into an elegant residence of nobility, preserving the ancient Aragonese structure and the original spatial organization.
Where: Butera
City: Butera
Butera castle
Category: Attractions
Time: all year
The castle in 854 already existed when the emir Alaba became Lord of Butera. Originally consisted of 4 or 5 towers at the corners of a well-fortified and was the object of conquest by the invaders of Sicily. It was a fortress difficult to take and this is testified by the siege of Roger the Norman who spent nearly 26 years to conquer it. Inside the fortress there was a large courtyard, with stables, warehouses and a oval cistern outside.
Where: Butera
City: Butera
Patron festival
Category: Shows
Time: From 14/08/2012 to 16/08/2012
The city celebrates its patron saint, San Roque, with religious and cultural events.
Where: Butera
City: Butera
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