We will visit many churches built between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries, as the Church of San Michele, of the time before 1250, the place of worship of the castle, dear to Archimandrites, with two beautiful portals in Gothic-Sicilian style, the interior partially rebuilt in Baroque style, it contains various works of art, noble tombs and beautiful frescoes. It is said that the non-believer who converted to Christianity, had to climb to "kneel", in place of penance, his seven steps and then be baptized. Then there is the Church of St. Nicholas dating back to the thirteenth century, improperly called by Saint Lucia, because it holds the statue of the patron saint of Savoca. Built on a massive rock outcrop has been one of the famous set of the "Padrino", film signed by director Francis Ford Coppola and starring actors like Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, John Cazale, Robert Duval, Talia Shire and Diane Keaton. The film was awarded three Oscars out of 10 nominations total. In 1971 they were shot also other famous scenes in the Godfather "Bar Vitelli", hosted at Pallazzo Trimarchi, the eighteenth-century architecture building. The Bar Vitelli, now one of the most visited Bar of Sicily, at the entrance to Savoca has remained virtually unchanged, without the 70s. Visitors in the local contend for the table where sat Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) in the scene where he talks to Vitelli, the father of Apollonia, to ask for her hand. In the local inside you can take a tour of the small museum of the Padrino, which tells the weeks of filming, showing pictures and the extraordinary work of Coppola. The Bar Vitelli has become today an international tourist destination, where we serve the famous "Sicilian granita with lemon with zuccarata", the local biscuit, along with dried pasta with almonds and stuffed razor clams in crispy waffle with cottage cheese and chocolate. And then do not miss the Mother Church of the XXII century, built in the Norman period, has three naves with Romanesque capitals. A visit to the catacombs, where up to 1876 were mummified corpses according to the Egyptian use. The mortal remains of the local notables, the patricians and abbots, dressed in clothes of the early nineteenth century, are visible in the niches of the crypt of the Capuchin Monastery, founded in 1574. Also visit the Mount Calvary, ancient hermitage that in 1736 the Jesuits turned into church. Here is the way of the Via Crucis, whose stations are partially dug into the rock. The history, the scenery of the "seven faces", the monumental reality, legends and traditions, are a place to tell and discover that makes Savoca, where every stone seems to tell a story, one of the most popular tourist destinations Sicilian culture.
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Marijana Bzovski