Sant'Angelo Di Brolo

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Sant'Angelo di Brolo is a small village rich in history, art and culture, set among the peaks of the Nebrodi.
The foundation of the current urban center dates back to the legendary battle of the Altavilla district, in the Norman era, when Ruggero II D'Altavilla won against the Saracens.
The town developed around the Byzantine-era Basilian monastery of San Michele Arcangelo. The presence in Sant'Angelo of the monks of the Rule of San Basilio and of numerous other monastic orders, attracted by the presence of the Basilians, favored a notable development of religious architecture.
Sant'Angelo di Brolo it is an important agricultural center of the Nebrodi but it is renowned in particular for the breeding of pigs whose slaughtering and bagging of meat takes place locally using still artisanal systems through which the famous cured meats of S.Angelo di Brolo are produced strong>.