Comune Di Cesaro "

Always stay in the mountains relaxing

Nice town, but a disaster of a municipality, impossible to try to carry out a procedure here.-

Center of ancient foundation, its origins do not enjoy today's presence of documents that help to trace its evolution, if not in a incomplete way. The scant historical information, consisting of names of relevant personalities and dates, began to thicken from the seventeenth century. Although the small urban nucleus undoubtedly existed from before the thirteenth century, having originally been a probable Arab fortification, the first names of barons and dukes who made up the homonymous feudal municipality, including the surrounding territories, all related names date back to this period to the Colonna Romano dynasty, introduced to Sicily during the reign of Frederick II of Swabia. Among the members of this family, Mons. Giovanni, archbishop of Messina (1255), Cristoforo, trusted physician of King Federico II of Aragon and Stratigoto of Messina (1320 - 1328), Tommaso his son (1420) and many others, for a total of 14 feudal noble successions, up to the XVIII century. The origin of the name of Cesarò is uncertain, but most of the philologists explain its etymology with the Arabic word "kaer", that is "fortified place", which would later evolved into Kasr, Kasròn and therefore into Cesarò. In 1768 the establishment of a Monte Frumentario in Cesarò is known, as a support for the poor farmers of the Municipality. A fundamental reference point for the study of the origins and history of the town of Cesarò is today a monograph, "Cesarò", written by the lawyer Francesco Schifani (1887 - 1918) and published in Naples in 1921. In recent times the Municipality of Cesarò has edited a reprint. The town includes among its buildings the Palazzo Zito, once the residence of the homonymous family and since 2009 opened, after a restoration, as a house - museum. It still contains original frescoes, furnishings and floors. It is the only large building located in the town.

Cesarò celebrates San Calogero twice a year: on June 18 and August 21. The first date coincides with the liturgical calendar and is the actual anniversary of the Saint. The second date has a symbolic value, as it arose as a celebration of thanksgiving for the successful harvesting of grain since in the past the local economy was entirely based on agriculture and pastoralism. In the photo at the base of the Saint there is an employee collecting the offerings. A singular choice that I have seen so far only on the feast of the Saint of Cesarò.

Cesarò is as interesting and pleasant as ever, but on the occasion of the Nebrodi black pig festival, the organization leaves something to be desired. Leaving the car and waiting for the mini-buses, under the sun, not proportional to the number of visitors foresees an unreasonable wait. We went on foot. A climb that is certainly a bit heavy. A change that I believe can also penalize and discourage purchases.