Piazza

Piazza stands on a hill in the interior of Sicily, amid the heights of the Erei Mountains. Its cathedral crowns the town, while the celebrated Roman villa in the surrounding countryside preserves richly decorated mosaic floors. The medieval settlement grew under Norman rule and was repopulated by settlers from northern Italy after it was destroyed during a rebellion in 1161.

The town's churches continued to change in later centuries. The cathedral was rebuilt in the seventeenth century, although the Gothic-Catalan bell tower of its predecessor survived. The rebuilt church gave the hilltop a new focus, visible above the houses and surrounding countryside. Rising above the older streets, it joined the legacy of Norman settlement to the religious building of a later age.