At the mount of the Salso-himera shut in between the latter and the eastern slopes of the hill called " the Mountain", modern Licata appears as the heir to a history of two millennia.
Frequentation of the site in the archaic age too was historically known, the mountain of Licata having already been identified with the historical Eknomos mountain on which in the age of Phalaris there was a phrourion of the tyrant of agrigento on which the legendary broze bull was placed.
the Badia archeological museum, which collects the item yielded by the explorations conducted by the superintendence in hte last three decades, is houses in a sixteenth-century cistercian conventual complex, partially adapted for the new used.
it is located in the heart of the boroque town, a hinge between the grandiose san. francesco convent, the salvatore church and the sant'angelo convent and church.
the museum structure occupies the cloister and part of the ground floor rooms of the monastic complex.
the collections, distributed in six rooms in the north and east wings, are exhibited with topographical criterion and chronologically.
the mountain of licata is certainly the most characteristic element of the licata land-scape and tha place in which there are concentrated and appreciated the landscape, architectural, archeological, natural and cultural values in general in the territory west of the town, as far as the charming mollarella gulf.
is the series of art nouveau villas, built in the early years of the twentieth century, when the sulphur trade and the harbour activities favoured the formation of a rich industrial and landowning middle class.
ernesto basile was also called in to design a build.to him we owe the design of the new town hall, deriving from the trasformation of an existing building, the santissima trinità church.
the territory of licata goes for about 20 km along the coast, which is very varied, passing from the long sandy stretches east of the town to the fascinating bluff of the mountain and mollarella- poliscia to the west.......
......TYPICAL PRODUCTS.....
fresh fish( mullet, octopus, sole,anchovies, prawns, cuttlefish)
tomato, olives, eggplants, courgettes, artichokes, salted ricotta, sheep's and goat's chees, cantaloupes, cannoli, mustaccioli, almond and honey confectionery, non-industrial granita and fresh fruit ice creams.
EVENTS......
easter good friday, procession.
feast of the patron saint.angelo
2-6 may
on the morning of the 5 may, parade of " barded of she-mules" and after sunset cortege of san.angelo with barefoot running sailors carrying the silver urn on their shoulders............
.......welcome in licata!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
