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Rocca di Cerere

Overview

Above a rocky spike surrounded by precipices near the castle, an additional rock seems to rise. However, a flight of steps and some vaguely architectural shapes cast suspicion. It is rather what remains, almost shapeless, of the structures of a temple dedicated to the Latin goddess Ceres, the protector of agricultural activities and harvests, the same deity who in the Greek world was called Demeter. Where matter does not remain, literature can help. The great Roman rhetorician and politician Marcus Tullius Cicero left a careful description of that sanctuary: a true sacred path made up of altars, shrines, statues and minor sacred buildings. Cicero writes that the temple housed colossal statues of Ceres and Triptolemus, the mythical king of Eleusis who is said to have helped the goddess in her search for her daughter Proserpina, receiving in return the gift of being able to cultivate. The sacred and evocative dimension of the place inspired the creation of the Museum of Myth immediately under the Rock, in a service building that had been abandoned. Interactive multimedia displays allow visitors to fly over the city in virtual reality and become familiar with the local Good Friday rituals, but most importantly to be told the myth of Ceres and Proserpine linked to the changing of the seasons. In short, it is also an invitation to go in person to Lake Pergusa where the legendary story is said to have started.

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Rocca di Cerere

94100 Enna EN, Italia

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