A small inland town best known as the home of Leonardo Sciascia, one of Sicily's most influential 20th-century writers, whose novels and essays on Sicilian society and the mafia remain widely read today. The town keeps his memory alive with a dedicated foundation and archive.
Racalmuto also has a long mining history, part of Sicily's sulphur-mining belt that once employed thousands across this stretch of the province, and a hilltop castle, the Castelluccio, overlooking the town.
“This stretch of the province is sometimes called the “strada degli scrittori,” the writers' road, for its ties to Sciascia, Pirandello, and Camilleri alike.”