Salaparuta Ruins
The ruins of Salaparuta are what remains of the old inhabited center of Salaparuta, destroyed by the earthquake of 1968. It is a mass of ruins among which emerge the ruins of houses, the base of the square tower of the Paruta castle, the lower part of the walls perimeter of the Mother Church, with the bases of the pillars of the naves and the structures of the side altars.
There is also a small newsstand on the external wall of the Sancetta house which commemorates the place where the miraculous tearing of a plaster bedside took place , depicting the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in January 1957.
Recent restorations have returned the 18th century Capuchin convent to the public.
