SANTA MARIA DI LICODIA

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Santa Maria di Licodia is a city of about 6,800 inhabitants at 442 m a.s.l. The city is named after a Benedictine Abbey, now Town Hall, located in Piazza Umberto. Built in the 12^th century, under the Norman, and extensively refurbished in the 1640s, it is the main tourism attraction in town. A square Arab-Norman tower and a church dedicated to Santa Maria di Licodia are as much interesting historical sites. The latter contains various pieces of art from the Abbey, such as a wooden polychrome statue of Santa Gertrude la Grande, a 1500’s wooden polychrome Crucifix, paintings, among which are the astounding 1500’s Annunciation, the 1600’s San Giovannino and the 1700’s Sant’Antonio Abate, a 1800’s wooden litter of San Giuseppe, and several other objects like silver relics and chalices ranging in date from 1736 through 1824.

HISTORY

Santa Maria di Licodia is believed to have been built on the former “Inessa”, a prehistoric Sikel settlement. According to historical sources, the new city was founded in 1143, when Simone del Vasto, Count of Policastro and Lord of Paternò, entrusted the Benedictin monk Geremia the convent and the church of the Virgin Mary of Licodia.