Montalbano Elicona (Sicily)

Montalbano Elicona is a town in the Metropolitan City of Messina, in Sicily. It is one of the most beautiful villages in Italy, and it has been nominated as “The most beautiful Village of 2015”. The tiny houses, characterized by a medieval imprint, are built on a big rock creating a complex labyrinth of beautiful alleys that surround the majestic Svevian-Aragonese Palace, the churches and the other location of the town. The most important monuments are the Swabian-Aragonase Castle (erected by Federico II di Svevia in 1210) which dominates the medieval village; the Church of Santa Caterina; the Santuario of Maria SS della Provvidenza; the Mother Church, erected in the 12th century includes impressive Corinthian columns; and the Ancients Mills of Elicona. The Museo Storico Fotografico Eugenio Belfiore contains over 200 pictures about the ancient settlement of Montalbano.