Mezzojuso

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Mezzojuso is a small and charming village that stands on the eastern slopes of Rocca Busambra, in a green landscape of oak, chestnut, elm and ash woods.
The small village of Mezzojuso is the guardian of Arabeshe culture in Sicily. It is a fifteenth-century Albanian colony and even if today the mother tongue is no longer spoken in the village, the ethnic identity is perceptible in the liturgical diversity of the two rites, the Latin and the Greek. The heart of the village is the central square where there are two churches, one of the Catholic rite and one of the Byzantine rite.
Immersed in nature, located within the Bosco di Ficuzza Nature Reserve, Mezzojuso offers interesting starting points for fabulous naturalistic excursions. Mezzojuso is important from an agricultural point of view for the production of wheat, grapes, olives, chestnuts, almonds. Also noteworthy is the production of dairy products.