Buccheri rises on the slopes of Mount Lauro, on an ancient extinct crater rich in forested areas. The medieval town, damaged in the 1693 earthquake, was rebuilt in a short, open valley at the headwaters of the St. Leonard River. The present city has a medieval appearance, full of alleyways with an Islamic matrix, as well as Baroque-style buildings such as the “Of the Four Canals” fountain that greets us with four sculpted masks. Worth visiting is the 18th-century church of Santa Maria Maddalena, inside which the style of Antonello Gagini can be appreciated in the statue of Mary Magdalene.In addition, the city is rich in churches decorated with stucco work by the Gianforma and holds countless late Baroque works in the Church of St. Anthony Abbot where two canvases by Borremans can be admired. Symbolic of the rural and pastoral civilization on which the town has based its economy are the neviere, conical structures dug into the rock or made with lava stone ashlars were used until the 1950s, and the extra virgin olive oil from the tonda iblea, recognized, awarded and appreciated worldwide. The Ethnoanthropological Museum of Buccheri was founded 30 years ago, thanks to the passion of Francesco Vacirca; it exhibits ancient majolica from Caltagirone, numerous tools of the peasant civilization and a large collection concerning sacred art. The centerpiece of the collection is a Sicilian cart from the late 1800s.
Program
9:30 a.m. tour of the historic center of Buccheri
12 noon tour of the ethnoanthropological museum
1:00 p.m. tasting of typical products
Cost 1/2 day – City Tour, Museum and Tasting
4 to 15 persons – total of €297.00
over 15 people add €18.00 more per person each.
