{"id":1967,"date":"2024-08-27T13:42:12","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T11:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lillibato.starfarm.it\/il-territorio\/"},"modified":"2024-10-31T18:10:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T17:10:03","slug":"the-territory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lillibato.it\/en\/the-territory\/","title":{"rendered":"The territory"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1967\" class=\"elementor elementor-1967 elementor-264\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42cdc4f elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"42cdc4f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2097162 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2097162\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Territory<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4344b9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b4344b9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e672389 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1e672389\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77a7f3d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"77a7f3d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98f77ac e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"98f77ac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf23434 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cf23434\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1650\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Panorama-of-Ispica-Ragusa-Italy.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-902\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Panorama-of-Ispica-Ragusa-Italy.jpg 1650w, https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Panorama-of-Ispica-Ragusa-Italy-600x151.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Panorama-of-Ispica-Ragusa-Italy-300x76.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Panorama-of-Ispica-Ragusa-Italy-1024x258.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Panorama-of-Ispica-Ragusa-Italy-768x194.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Panorama-of-Ispica-Ragusa-Italy-1536x387.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1650px) 100vw, 1650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a4863fc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7a4863fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-406be659 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"406be659\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:&quot;200&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40db2d33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"40db2d33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From its origins to the present<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1da09e52 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1da09e52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\tA Mediterranean civilization\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-438ebd2b e-con-full elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"438ebd2b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76439ae4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"76439ae4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74800235 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"74800235\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;],&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_affectedRange&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:0,&quot;end&quot;:100}}}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d6e694 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2d6e694\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:&quot;400&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">01<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b436a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4b436a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The millennial roots of Ispica<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-665b23c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"665b23c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW119847660 BCX0\" lang=\"IT-IT\" xml:lang=\"IT-IT\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW119847660 BCX0\">The history of Spaccaforno, later to become Ispica: Inhabited as early as late Roman times and called <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW119847660 BCX0\">Hyspicaefundus<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW119847660 BCX0\">, immediately after 330 here lived in a cave as a hermit the monk Saint Ilarion of Gaza, whose miracles, performed in the small church of Santa Maria della Cava, soon gave him fame as a healer and surrounded him with a large following.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW119847660 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":160,\"335559740\":259}\"> <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b24746 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3b24746\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Sant-Ilarione-di-Gaza-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-516\" alt=\"Sant Ilarione di Gaza\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Sant-Ilarione-di-Gaza-3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Sant-Ilarione-di-Gaza-3-600x375.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Sant-Ilarione-di-Gaza-3-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edcbeb5 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"edcbeb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:&quot;400&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">04<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-231c20a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"231c20a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A feud disputed between nobles and kings <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e6a734 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e6a734\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW64794606 BCX0\" lang=\"IT-IT\" xml:lang=\"IT-IT\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW64794606 BCX0\">Having become part of the Swabian and Angevin dominions, around the beginning of the 14th century the Castle of Spaccaforno became the possession of Viceroy Berengario di Monterosso, treasurer of the kingdom, who then made a gift of it to Queen Eleanor of Anjou. The latter&#8217;s son, King Peter II of Sicily, granted it as a fief to his brother William, Duke of Athens, from whom it passed to his butler Manfredi Lancia. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW64794606 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":160,\"335559740\":259}\"> <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4a2be1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e4a2be1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f9d8970 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4f9d8970\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_direction&quot;:&quot;negative&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;],&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_affectedRange&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:0,&quot;end&quot;:100}}}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83c0c25 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"83c0c25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:&quot;400&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">02<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca85515 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ca85515\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A place blessed by legends <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b4be62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b4be62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW41561231 BCX0\" lang=\"IT-IT\" xml:lang=\"IT-IT\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW41561231 BCX0\">Palermo historian Antonio<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW41561231 BCX0\"> Mongitore<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW41561231 BCX0\"> reports in his Della Sicilia Ricercata that St. Paul stayed for some time in <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW41561231 BCX0\">Hyspicaefundus<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW41561231 BCX0\"> immediately after his arrival in Sicily, having landed in the locality of Port Ulysses, at that time used as a natural harbor. Apparently, near the settlement the apostle Paul caused a spring to spring, the water of which made snakes numb and then die. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW41561231 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":160,\"335559740\":259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbf9152 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fbf9152\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"424\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Stemma-di-Antonio-Giuseppe-Riggio-dAci-inquartato-con-quello-di-Anna-Maria-Statella.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-511\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Stemma-di-Antonio-Giuseppe-Riggio-dAci-inquartato-con-quello-di-Anna-Maria-Statella.png 424w, https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Stemma-di-Antonio-Giuseppe-Riggio-dAci-inquartato-con-quello-di-Anna-Maria-Statella-210x300.png 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86c1679 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"86c1679\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:&quot;400&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">05<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00a3e9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"00a3e9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The long rise of the Statella family<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5c5b66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b5c5b66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It was thus through Antonio Caruso di Noto&#8217;s daughter, Isabella, that in 1494 the Feud of Spaccaforno was brought as dowry to her husband Francesco II Statella, 17th Count of Statella and 3rd Grand Siniscalco of the Kingdom of Sicily, as well as Lord of Roccella and Mongiolino. As a result of this marriage, in 1598 Francesco and Isabella&#8217;s successors obtained the title of marquis, and in 1757 that of prince. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fea8b7b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2fea8b7b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ff389cd e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7ff389cd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;],&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:&quot;600&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_affectedRange&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:0,&quot;end&quot;:100}}}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb1328f elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eb1328f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:&quot;400&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">03<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da7dc4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"da7dc4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From the Arabs to the Normans<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f1f615 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f1f615\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dominated by the Arabs from the 9th to the 11th century, Saracen rule did not end until around 1086, when all of southeastern Sicily was liberated by the great Count Roger the Norman. The first document mentioning the town by the name of Isbacha is in fact from the year 1093 and is a bull that Pope Urban II issued just immediately after the end of the Arab occupation of Sicily. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5062ffff elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5062ffff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Castello-di-spaccaforno.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-504\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Castello-di-spaccaforno.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Castello-di-spaccaforno-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Castello-di-spaccaforno-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Castello-di-spaccaforno-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53bacbc elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"53bacbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:&quot;400&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">06<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d34dc26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d34dc26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Revival after the 1693 earthquake<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40c3898 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40c3898\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On January 11, 1693, at 1:30 p.m., Ispica, too, was hit by the violent earthquake that shook all of eastern Sicily. The entire town, much of which lay within the Cava, was razed to the ground. Rebuilt from the neighborhoods around the remaining standing churches of St. Anthony Abbot and the Carmine, the baroque beauties of St. Mary Major, the Church of St. Bartholomew and the Santissima Annunziata will also rise with the new Spaccaforno.  <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7552dcd elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7552dcd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8269c3b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8269c3b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79d1865 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"79d1865\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"524\" height=\"611\" src=\"https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/La-Chiesa-della-Santissima-Annunziata-arricchita-al-suo-interno-da-stucchi-del-Gianforma-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-515\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/La-Chiesa-della-Santissima-Annunziata-arricchita-al-suo-interno-da-stucchi-del-Gianforma-1.jpg 524w, https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/La-Chiesa-della-Santissima-Annunziata-arricchita-al-suo-interno-da-stucchi-del-Gianforma-1-257x300.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-387c3bc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"387c3bc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f33670c elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f33670c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:&quot;400&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">07<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d5d56b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3d5d56b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A timeless artistic heritage<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ef96bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ef96bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Over time the Statella family became related to many noble families and among them to that of the princes Reggio d&#8217;Aci, which enabled them to strengthen not only their political influence but also the possibilities for economic development on the eastern coast of Sicily. Among their artistic legacies are the Basilica dell&#8217;Annunziata and the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, authentic masterpieces of Sicilian Baroque. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-069ff23 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"069ff23\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cee40e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1cee40e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"524\" height=\"611\" src=\"https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/La-Basilica-di-Santa-Maria-Maggiore-vista-dal-Loggiato-del-Sinatra-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-514\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/La-Basilica-di-Santa-Maria-Maggiore-vista-dal-Loggiato-del-Sinatra-1.jpg 524w, https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/La-Basilica-di-Santa-Maria-Maggiore-vista-dal-Loggiato-del-Sinatra-1-257x300.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f3e832 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3f3e832\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10dc1f4 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"10dc1f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:&quot;400&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">01<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1972d9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1972d9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The millennial roots of Ispica<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5291f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e5291f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW119847660 BCX0\" lang=\"IT-IT\" xml:lang=\"IT-IT\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW119847660 BCX0\">The history of Spaccaforno, later to become Ispica: Inhabited as early as late Roman times and called <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW119847660 BCX0\">Hyspicaefundus<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW119847660 BCX0\">, immediately after 330 here lived in a cave as a hermit the monk Saint Ilarion of Gaza, whose miracles, performed in the small church of Santa Maria della Cava, soon gave him fame as a healer and surrounded him with a large following.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW119847660 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":160,\"335559740\":259}\"> <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e45ff6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4e45ff6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Sant-Ilarione-di-Gaza-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-516\" alt=\"Sant Ilarione di Gaza\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Sant-Ilarione-di-Gaza-3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Sant-Ilarione-di-Gaza-3-600x375.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Sant-Ilarione-di-Gaza-3-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcf1b52 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dcf1b52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:&quot;400&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">02<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12faabd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"12faabd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A place blessed by legends <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c50cf4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c50cf4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW41561231 BCX0\" lang=\"IT-IT\" xml:lang=\"IT-IT\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW41561231 BCX0\">Palermo historian Antonio<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW41561231 BCX0\"> Mongitore<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW41561231 BCX0\"> reports in his Della Sicilia Ricercata that St. Paul stayed for some time in <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW41561231 BCX0\">Hyspicaefundus<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW41561231 BCX0\"> immediately after his arrival in Sicily, having landed in the locality of Port Ulysses, at that time used as a natural harbor. Apparently, near the settlement the apostle Paul caused a spring to spring, the water of which made snakes numb and then die. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW41561231 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":160,\"335559740\":259}\"> <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4af140 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d4af140\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"424\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Stemma-di-Antonio-Giuseppe-Riggio-dAci-inquartato-con-quello-di-Anna-Maria-Statella.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-511\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Stemma-di-Antonio-Giuseppe-Riggio-dAci-inquartato-con-quello-di-Anna-Maria-Statella.png 424w, https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Stemma-di-Antonio-Giuseppe-Riggio-dAci-inquartato-con-quello-di-Anna-Maria-Statella-210x300.png 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abb8fa2 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"abb8fa2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:&quot;400&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">03<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6600980 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6600980\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From the Arabs to the Normans<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-324073a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"324073a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dominated by the Arabs from the 9th to the 11th century, Saracen rule did not end until around 1086, when all of southeastern Sicily was liberated by the great Count Roger the Norman. The first document mentioning the town by the name of Isbacha is in fact from the year 1093 and is a bull that Pope Urban II issued just immediately after the end of the Arab occupation of Sicily. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a0253f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7a0253f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Castello-di-spaccaforno.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-504\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Castello-di-spaccaforno.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Castello-di-spaccaforno-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Castello-di-spaccaforno-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Castello-di-spaccaforno-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62d6cad elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"62d6cad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:&quot;400&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">04<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c87db0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c87db0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A feud disputed between nobles and kings <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-579f21c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"579f21c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW64794606 BCX0\" lang=\"IT-IT\" xml:lang=\"IT-IT\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW64794606 BCX0\">Having become part of the Swabian and Angevin dominions, around the beginning of the 14th century the Castle of Spaccaforno became the possession of Viceroy Berengario di Monterosso, treasurer of the kingdom, who then made a gift of it to Queen Eleanor of Anjou. The latter&#8217;s son, King Peter II of Sicily, granted it as a fief to his brother William, Duke of Athens, from whom it passed to his butler Manfredi Lancia. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW64794606 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":160,\"335559740\":259}\"> <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49e12c7 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"49e12c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:&quot;400&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">05<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cab28c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4cab28c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The long rise of the Statella family<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b62fb7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b62fb7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It was thus through Antonio Caruso di Noto&#8217;s daughter, Isabella, that in 1494 the Feud of Spaccaforno was brought as dowry to her husband Francesco II Statella, 17th Count of Statella and 3rd Grand Siniscalco of the Kingdom of Sicily, as well as Lord of Roccella and Mongiolino. As a result of this marriage, in 1598 Francesco and Isabella&#8217;s successors obtained the title of marquis, and in 1757 that of prince. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-129932d elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"129932d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:&quot;400&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">06<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8450e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e8450e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Revival after the 1693 earthquake<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d5e619 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d5e619\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On January 11, 1693, at 1:30 p.m., Ispica, too, was hit by the violent earthquake that shook all of eastern Sicily. The entire town, much of which lay within the Cava, was razed to the ground. Rebuilt from the neighborhoods around the remaining standing churches of St. Anthony Abbot and the Carmine, the baroque beauties of St. Mary Major, the Church of St. Bartholomew and the Santissima Annunziata will also rise with the new Spaccaforno.  <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6fb8bb elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c6fb8bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:&quot;400&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">07<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebbf55b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ebbf55b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A timeless artistic heritage<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bec9977 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bec9977\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Over time the Statella family became related to many noble families and among them to that of the princes Reggio d&#8217;Aci, which enabled them to strengthen not only their political influence but also the possibilities for economic development on the east coast of Sicily.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d9bcaf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4d9bcaf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"524\" height=\"611\" src=\"https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/La-Chiesa-della-Santissima-Annunziata-arricchita-al-suo-interno-da-stucchi-del-Gianforma-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-515\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/La-Chiesa-della-Santissima-Annunziata-arricchita-al-suo-interno-da-stucchi-del-Gianforma-1.jpg 524w, https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/La-Chiesa-della-Santissima-Annunziata-arricchita-al-suo-interno-da-stucchi-del-Gianforma-1-257x300.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-816141c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"816141c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Among their artistic legacies are the Basilica dell&#8217;Annunziata and the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, authentic masterpieces of Sicilian Baroque.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a502652 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a502652\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"524\" height=\"611\" src=\"https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/La-Basilica-di-Santa-Maria-Maggiore-vista-dal-Loggiato-del-Sinatra-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-514\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/La-Basilica-di-Santa-Maria-Maggiore-vista-dal-Loggiato-del-Sinatra-1.jpg 524w, https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/La-Basilica-di-Santa-Maria-Maggiore-vista-dal-Loggiato-del-Sinatra-1-257x300.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b115cce e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b115cce\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-803ecb4 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"803ecb4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:&quot;200&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5c1bf1 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c5c1bf1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:&quot;400&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">08<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd4e071 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bd4e071\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ispica: land of history, art and tradition<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-973a435 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"973a435\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\tCulture and territory\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-097cc44 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"097cc44\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f08658d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f08658d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcbf380 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fcbf380\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;],&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_affectedRange&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:0,&quot;end&quot;:100}}}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b48f143 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b48f143\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Divorzio-al-lItaliana-girato-a-Ispica.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-506\" alt=\"Divorzio al lItaliana girato a Ispica\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Divorzio-al-lItaliana-girato-a-Ispica.jpg 682w, https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Divorzio-al-lItaliana-girato-a-Ispica-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Divorzio-al-lItaliana-girato-a-Ispica-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Divorzio-al-lItaliana-girato-a-Ispica-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lillibato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Divorzio-al-lItaliana-girato-a-Ispica-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca17421 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ca17421\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Divorce Italian Style<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eca72e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eca72e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Although Ispica served as the setting for many scenes in the Commissario Montalbano series, it is not to Camilleri that it owes its television notoriety as much as to Pietro Germi, who shot his greatest cinematic success here in 1961: Divorce Italian Style.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acb0471 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"acb0471\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b84dab e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1b84dab\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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Interesting among its pages is his description of the Holy Week procession, seen and experienced by the protagonists right from the balconies of Palazzo Santostefano... <\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-284b196 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"284b196\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fc651d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7fc651d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Territory<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd8f30f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd8f30f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>The Territory<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-893920e elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"893920e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f1b9bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f1b9bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lillibato.it\/en\/lolio-e-il-mito\/\">L&#8217;illibato: Oil and Myth<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8b0ca8 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c8b0ca8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67fd243 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"67fd243\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Territory<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-462a11d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"462a11d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>The Territory<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Territory From its origins to the present A Mediterranean civilization 01 The millennial roots of Ispica The history of Spaccaforno, later to become Ispica: Inhabited as early as late Roman times and called Hyspicaefundus, immediately after 330 here lived in a cave as a hermit the monk Saint Ilarion of Gaza, whose miracles, performed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1967","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Territory<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ispica, a place blessed by legends. 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