San Giovanni in Fiore

San Giovanni in Fiore's historical centre and surroundings preserve a large number of churches, 18th-century noble palaces, such as Palazzo Lopez (seat of the Municipal Library), Palazzo Barberio and Palazzo De Marco, and monuments including the so-called Norman Arch, symbol of the town, and the Monument to the Fallen Monongah.

The most important churches are the Convent of the Capuchin Fathers, the Monastery of the Three Children and the Church of San Francesco di Paola, as well as the Mother Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie (1576).

From a naturalistic point of view, San Giovanni in Fiore (Sila) boasts on its territory three Silan lakes (Arvo, Ampollino and Redisole) to be explored in all seasons of the year, as well as the splendid ski resort of Lorica, where skiing and other winter sports can be practised.

The municipality of San Giovanni in Fiore preserves intact its folkloristic traditions and the typical costume, ‘u rituàrtu', worn by the pacchiàna.

Among the local festivities, in addition to the numerous religious festivities, is the historical Carnival, which stages the particular musical representations known as ‘’Frassìe‘’, which reproduce the most striking events of the year in a satirical key.  

Among the typical products to be sampled, alongside those characteristic of the Sila territory, such as the Sila PGI Potato and the Caciocavallo Silano PDO, there is a whole range of different breads, the result of an ancient local bakery tradition: pitta, cùllura, pitta ‘minata (made from leftover dough) and various sandwiches.