Bust of Giovanni Gentile – Rosticceria Tosto loop from Castelvetrano

Bust of Giovanni Gentile – Rosticceria Tosto loop from Castelvetrano

Moderate

riders

Bust of Giovanni Gentile – Rosticceria Tosto loop from Castelvetrano

02:48

24.3km

320m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 27, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 22.3 km for 124 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

Get Directions

21.7 km

Parish Church of Maria Santissima della Salute

Highlight • Religious Site

The Church of Maria SS. della Salute was built in 1622 by the Augustinian fathers.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

22.1 km

Church of San Giuseppe (Ruins)

Highlight • Religious Site

The Church of San Giuseppe, the construction of the church began in 1616 and was completed in 1646. Today only the apse with the main altar and the bell tower can be admired, as, after the Belice earthquake, both the convent and the church were demolished.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

22.4 km

Chiesa Madre di Maria Santissima Assunta

Highlight • Religious Site

Mother Church of Maria Santissima Assunta, built between 1520 and 1560 by order of Giovan Vincenzo Tagliavia, "I Count of Castelvetrano". The church has a basilica-Norman layout with three naves, the portal is decorated with medieval-style arabesques. It is located in the System of Squares.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

22.4 km

Bust of Giovanni Gentile

Highlight • Monument

Giovanni Gentile (Castelvetrano, May 30, 1875 - Florence, April 15, 1944) was an Italian philosopher. Together with Benedetto Croce he was one of the greatest exponents of idealism, and an important protagonist of Italian culture in the first half of the 20th century.
Gentile was born in 1875 to Giovanni, a pharmacist, and Teresa Curti, daughter of a notary. He lived his childhood in Campobello di Mazara and attended the Ximenes high school in Trapani. In 1895 he won the competition for four internal positions at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, where he enrolled in the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy. He has as teachers, among others, Alessandro D'Ancona (professor of literature, linked to the historical method and positivism and liberal ideas), Amedeo Crivellucci (professor of history) and Donato Jaia (professor of philosophy, Hegelian follower of Spaventa), who greatly influenced his philosophical thought as an adult.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

22.4 km

Palazzo Pignatelli Aragona Tagliavia Cortes

Highlight • Historical Site

Palazzo Pignatelli Aragona Tagliavia Cortes, built on the pre-existing castle of Bellumvider (13th century) of which a corner tower and the foundations of a median tower are still visible, both octagonal in shape. The castle has undergone numerous changes until it assumed its current appearance, a Baroque palace. In the 1600s one of the towers of the castle was dismantled and replaced by the Collegiate Church of Saints Peter and Paul, together with the Palatine Chapel, unique examples in Sicily of a church on an upper floor; in the same period another building joined by a covered passage was built, which was the seat of the Government and today of the Town Hall.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

22.8 km

Church of Saint John the Baptist

Highlight • Religious Site

Church of San Giovanni Battista, built in 1589, has three naves and a long transept, with two rows of columns connected at the top by round arches. After the fire of 1898, which destroyed the original frescoes, the church was re-frescoed by the painter Gennaro Pardo (1900-1901). Inside is the marble statue of St. John the Baptist made in 1521 by the sculptor Antonello Gagini.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

23.0 km

Church of San Domenico, Castelvetrano

Highlight • Religious Site

The Church of San Domenico was built in 1470 as a mausoleum of the Aragona-Tagliavia family. Of notable value are the chapel of the main altar and the chapel of the choir, decorated by Antonio Ferraro da Giuliana and his son Orazio. Among the most important works inside the church are: the marble tomb of Prince Carlo d'Aragona Tagliavia, the Sarcophagus of Ferdinando d'Aragona Tagliavia (1549) and the marble statue of the Madonna di Loreto (1489).

Translated by Google •

Tip by

23.5 km