Touristic Routes Ischitella

The crucifix of Varano

This masterpiece dates, according to experts, between the second half of the 13th century and the first half of the 14th. I

ts beauty has given free rein to the popular imagination: someone argues, in fact, that this is a true portrait of Jesus Christ, sculpted in a time very close to his death.

This crucifix is the destination of a pilgrimage which lasts from March until the 23rd April, when one of the major feast of this town takes place: the procession of boats.

The Necropolis of Mount Civita

This necropolis dates back to the fifth century BC, and is characterized by tombs carved in the rock, old caves, and few tumbledown towers, which were the mausoleums of the past agricultural and pastoral civilizations.

Saint Francis' tree

This cypress is the protagonist of an ancient legend. It is reported that the tree was actually a wooden stick that the Holy Francis planted in this soil. In this same point, few years later, a convent would have been built.

The story tells that the Devil knocked down the tree with a wind storm do spite the Holy. But Saint Francis, in spite of the Devil, made another prodigy, and reversing the' tree, replanted it so it could continue to live, with its branches and leaves underground and its roots in the air.

The trunk is still impressive and still spreads in the air a deep fragrance of resin.