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The octagonal museum situated in Contrada Rocca, amongst the Sicani Mountains, which houses the works of the shepherd and sculptor Lorenzo Reina

‘Portrait of Angela’ (Lorenzo Reina’s wife), an alabaster sculpture from the early 1990s, located at the Fattoria dell’Arte Rocca Reina

A haystack, known in Sicilian dialect as ‘U Pagliaru’, located within the Rocca Reina Art Farm, built using dry stone, reeds and straw

The 2021 sculpture depicting ‘Apollo and Daphne’ (olive tree root and marble), on display at the Fattoria dell’Arte Rocca Reina

A large statue made of sandstone and copper, depicting the Sumerian god Enki, located within the Rocca Reina Art Farm

The figure of ‘The Dying Icarus’, lying on a carpet of his own wings, a work by the sculptor Giuseppe Agnello, on display at the Fattoria dell’Arte Rocca Reina

The Mask of the Word, with its hollow mouth and eyes, and the Genius Loci at sunset, works by the pastor and sculptor Lorenzo Reina

The Mask of the Word, a work by the pastor and sculptor Lorenzo Reina, from whose mouth the light of the setting sun filters through at every summer solstice

The Genius Loci, a large head that seems to emerge from the ground, and the Mask of the Word, at the Rocca Reina Art Farm

The majestic Theatre of Andromeda, the work of the shepherd and sculptor Lorenzo Reina, comprising 108 stones symbolising the 108 stars of the constellation Andromeda

The seats at the Andromeda Theatre, consisting of two quadrangular stone blocks and arranged in the same position as the stars of the constellation Andromeda

The dry-stone walls of the Andromeda Theatre, built in the mid-1980s by the shepherd and sculptor Lorenzo Reina

The arch of the Theatre of Andromeda, with a copper circle marking the exact position of the Sun at sunset

Apricot trees and hay at the Rocca Reina Art Farm

Portrait of a Man, a bronze sculpture by Lorenzo Reina, at the Fattoria dell’Arte Rocca Reina

The façade of the small church of San Calogero on the ‘pizzo’ on Mount Finocchiara, at 967 metres

A small altar in the garden outside the church of San Calogero on the peak of Monte Finocchiara

The chancel of the Church of San Calogero, with a beautiful marble altar featuring a bas-relief, created by Lorenzo Reina, at its centre

The church of San Calogero, rebuilt in the 1990s, seen from the top of Mount Finocchiara

The hill overlooking the Andromeda Theatre, in the Rocca district

Panoramic view of Santo Stefano Quisquina from Mount Finocchiara

The Magazzolo reservoir, also known as Diga Castello, seen from the summit of Mount Serra della Moneta

Panoramic view of Santo Stefano Quisquina from the summit of the Serra della Moneta mountain

A fire lookout post on Mount Serra della Moneta, 1,188 metres above sea level

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