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Saracen Castle & Castello di Mola

A video from one of my days in Sicily. The Saracen Castle (Castello saraceno) is situated in an elevated position above Taormina, at about 397m high. Most probably it was the site of the antique acropolis of the Greek town of Taormina. The Romans and later the Byzantines must have strengthened the site. In 902 AD the town fell to the Muslims after a siege of 2 years. They rebuilt the castle into its present form with a trapezoid plan adapted to the shape of the rock and crenellated walls. You can get to the castle via a staircase that starts from the church of the Madonna della Rocca climbs up to reach the door. The remains of this fortification are constituted by the imposing tower, the walls on which is implanted a tower, a cistern and an underground corridor. Today, the castle is unfortunately closed and can not be visited by those tourists who would like to see the wonder of this ancient historic monument and the magnificent panorama from the summit of Mount Tauro. Castelmola If in one sweep you can see the Ionian coast, the monumental Mount Etna, the gulf of Giardini-Naxos, the Capo di S. Alessio, the Straits of Messina and the coast of Calabria, you are either on Google Maps or you are in Castelmola. This small village above Taormina, one of the most beautiful Sicilian Villages in Italy, is a real natural terrace built around the ruins of a Norman castle which, over time, has taken on a soft concave shape, similar to that of a millstone (mola). It is therefore easy to guess the origin of the name, an immediate crasis of “Castle” and “Mola”. All that remains of the fortress are the Norman walls. A 10th-century plaque with Greek-Byzantine engravings on the façade of the cathedral reads: “This castle was built under Constantine, patrician and strategist of Sicily“.