Ruins of Salaparuta – Cretto di Burri loop from Alcamo Diramazione

Ruins of Salaparuta – Cretto di Burri loop from Alcamo Diramazione

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Ruins of Salaparuta – Cretto di Burri loop from Alcamo Diramazione

04:16

88.8km

1,210m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 17, 2026

Waypoints

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Train Station

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30.3 km

Portella di Abita

Mountain Pass

32.0 km

Poggioreale Vecchia (Abandoned Village)

Highlight • Historical Site

A village uninhabited for decades, ever since the entire population was relocated en masse to a brand-new town. Three thousand people, the exodus of survivors of the 1968 earthquake that destroyed entire towns in the provinces of Trapani and Agrigento. Today, only façades remain, baroque railings, old majolica tiles, a tangle of houses leaning against the bell tower of the main church, and stairways that look like they were cut out with scissors on a sheet of paper. Before the earthquake, Poggioreale was a delightful baroque village, with noble palaces, the square with the club, the inn, and everything else. The ruins bear witness to a tragedy from 40 years ago: fear, escape, separation. A place that, due to its beauty and the evocative atmosphere it evokes, has been the setting for numerous famous films: it is here that Tornatore filmed some scenes from Malena and The Star Man. An island out of time, with the hands of the clock stopped on the terrible night of January 15, 1968.

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35.1 km

ruins of Salaparuta

Highlight (Segment) • Historical Site

What remains of the old inhabited center of Salaparuta, destroyed by the earthquake of 1968, is a mass of ruins among which the ruins of houses emerge, the base of the square tower of the Paruta castle, the lower part of the perimeter walls of the Mother Church, with the bases of the pillars of the naves and the structures of the side altars. A basilica with three naves, a transept and a high dome, it had a very slender facade in the middle part, typical of the best examples of Sicilian Baroque. On the external wall of the Sancetta house, a small shrine remembers the place where the miraculous tearing of a plaster bedside, depicting the Sacred Heart of Jesus, took place in January 1957. Recent restorations have restored the 18th century Capuchin convent.

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39.0 km

Cretto di Burri

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More images of the beautiful Cretto taken from below.
it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretto_di_Burri

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41.1 km

Cretto di Burri

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it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretto_di_Burri

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55.8 km

View of Valle del Belice and Gibellina

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The Valle del Belice seen from the SS 188 Central Western Sicula which climbs towards Santa Ninfa.

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59.3 km

Ludovico Corrao Museum of Contemporary Art

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The Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC) of Gibellina is a civic museum, named after Ludovico Corrao, located in the Belicina city, in viale Segesta. The contemporary art collection has been formed through the contribution of numerous artists and is housed in the "Ludovico Corrao" Museum of Contemporary Art, with a collection of around 2,000 works of art.

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73.1 km