PETRALIA SOPRANA, Italy — If you'd like to visit the most beautiful village in Italy---set a course for Palermo.
Petralia Soprana, in the Palermo Province's Madonie area, is the most beautiful village in Italy according to the aptly named association "The Most Beautiful Villages in Italy," - in collaboration with Italian TV network, RAI-3.
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It's the sixth year the competition has been held. In the past, three other Sicilian villages were winners: Gangi, Montalbano Elicona and Sambuca di Sicilia.
Tuesday night in Petralia Soprana, a big celebration for residents including a band and toasts in the town square. The town's mayor says his village is where "art and culture are at home."
Soprana is a beautiful ancient village, surrounded by Mediterranean vegetation and woods, and its extraordinary history dates back to the ninth century.