{"id":112724,"date":"2025-05-30T13:51:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T11:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borghipiubelliditalia.it\/?post_type=dt_portfolio&p=112724"},"modified":"2025-05-30T13:51:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T11:51:39","slug":"forza-dagro","status":"publish","type":"dt_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/borghipiubelliditalia.it\/en\/borgo\/forza-dagro\/","title":{"rendered":"Forza D\u2019Agr\u00f2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"Forza D’Agro’
\nTra cielo e mare<\/span><\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text css=””]MUNICIPALITY OF forza d’agro’<\/strong>
\n(Province di Messina)
\nAltitude<\/strong>
\nm. 420 s.l.m.
\nPopulation<\/strong>
\n900 (250 nel borgo)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text css=””]SAINT patron<\/strong>
\nSS. Crocifisso, 14 settembre<\/p>\n

turisT INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ufficio Informazioni Turistiche
\npresso il Comune, Piazza Giovanni XXIII, 1;<\/p>\n

orari di apertura e chiusura:
\nmarted\u00ec, mercoled\u00ec e venerd\u00ec dalle ore 8.00 alle ore 14.00
\nluned\u00ec e gioved\u00ec dalle ore 8.00 alle ore 18.00
\nTel. 0942 721016
\nE-mail:\u00a0 info@comune.forzadagro.me.it<\/a><\/p>\n

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The name Forza d\u2019Agr\u00f2 derives from \u201cFortress\u201d (Latin\u202ffortilicium), originally called Fortilicium d\u2019Agr\u00f2\u2014literally \u201cFortress of Agr\u00f2\u201d\u2014later shortened to Forza d\u2019Agr\u00f2. The second element, Agr\u00f2, goes back to the ancient Greek name \u1f0crghennon (\u201csilvery\u201d), bestowed by the Greeks upon the promontory of Saint Alexius; over time it became \u1f0crg\u00f2n, then Agr\u00f2n, and finally Agr\u00f2.<\/p>\n

Long before medieval times, around 1000\u202fB.C., the Siculi likely inhabited the hills that now form the territory of today\u2019s Forza d\u2019Agr\u00f2. Along the banks of the Agr\u00f2 valley stood Phoinix, a Phoenician trading port, while above it rose a fortified citadel\u2014variously known as Kall\u00ecpolis or Agrilla\u2014which was eventually destroyed. Between the 8th and 5th centuries\u202fB.C., Greek colonists settled here, only for the Romans to conquer the area in 135\u202fB.C. Upon Roman rule, the Greek \u201cAgr\u00f2\u201d became the Latin Agrylla. From 536\u202fA.D. to 827\u202fA.D., the region fell under Byzantine dominion, during which time Basilian monks of the Greek\u2011Oriental rite established both the Monastery and the Church of Saints Peter and Paul of Agr\u00f2. In the 8th century, repeated Saracen raids culminated in the destruction of that monastery by the Arabs.<\/p>\n

With the Norman conquest, Count Roger I is credited with building the Castle of Forza d\u2019Agr\u00f2 and rebuilding the Monastery of Saints Peter and Paul. A 1117 diploma of King Roger\u202fII first mentions the Vicum Agryllae\u2014\u201cvillage of Agrylla\u201d\u2014nestled on the edge of the Agr\u00f2 stream. As the population grew and sought greater security, inhabitants gradually moved uphill, first to the district of Casale and later to the town\u2019s present site. In the Magghia district, a quarter emerged on a clearing facing Mount Etna. Around the lofty castle keep\u2014la Guardiola\u2014the picturesque settlement of Quartarello took shape, while the local community, long called the \u201cUniversity of Agr\u00f2,\u201d is today the Municipality of Forza d\u2019Agr\u00f2.<\/p>\n

During the Sicilian Vespers uprising of 1282 against the French, Forza d\u2019Agr\u00f2 contributed twenty archers to guard the route between Taormina and Messina. It was in the 14th century that the village really began to take the form it still retains, clustered around the castle. After the 1674 revolt\u2014pitting Spaniards against French forces\u2014Forza d\u2019Agr\u00f2, loyal to the (defeated) Spanish crown, was treated as conquered land and absorbed by neighboring Savoca, losing the privileges granted by Roger\u202fII. In the early 1800s, the British occupied the castle. The town took part in the revolutionary uprisings of 1848, and in the early 20th\u202fcentury many residents emigrated to the Americas. In 1948 the hamlet of Sant\u2019Alessio separated from Forza d\u2019Agr\u00f2\u2014although the Scif\u00ec locality and the coastal stretch from Capo Sant\u2019Alessio to the F\u00f2ndaco Parrino stream remained within its boundaries. Subsequent emigration in the 1950s and \u201960s gave way to a period of modernization: new roads, villas, and piazzas were built; important cultural monuments restored; public establishments opened; and the town became a film location for major productions such as\u202fThe Godfather\u202fparts\u202fI,\u202fII, and\u202fIII.<\/p>\n

Today, Forza d\u2019Agr\u00f2\u2019s houses press tightly together along narrow lanes, rising in tall, slender silhouettes. Their sandstone door\u2011arches feature a variety of keystones, and their lintelled windows are also formed of solid sandstone blocks. Wrought\u2011iron balconies, supported by shaped corbels, are characteristic, often bearing flowering pots or planters of basil and aloe. The buildings themselves are constructed of local earth and stone, a testament to centuries of living in harmony with the land.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Must-see” tab_id=”1645189561210-58a473c3-2535″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n