Pietra Forcella
Pietra Forcella is a hamlet in Belpasso, Catania, Sicily and has about 265 residents. Pietra Forcella is situated nearby to the hamlet Scalonazzo, as well as near the village Frumenti.Places of Interest
Highlights include Santuario della Madonna della Roccia and Monti Rossi.
Santuario della Madonna della Roccia
Church
Photo: Ilamukky, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Santuario della Madonna della Roccia is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nicolosi.
Nicolosi
Photo: Giuseppe ME, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nicolosi is a town in Sicily near Mount Etna. Nicolosi is an almost obligatory stop for all tourists who want to reach and visit Etna. There are ski slopes for winter sports, a panoramic cable car up to an altitude of 2500 m and it is possible to reach the mouth of the volcanic crater, accompanied by authorized guides.
Pietra Forcella
- Type: Hamlet with 265 residents
- Description: human settlement in Italy
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Belpasso, Catania, Sicily, Italy, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.60853° or 37° 36′ 31″ northLongitude
15.00085° or 15° 0′ 3″ eastPopulation
265Elevation
685 metres (2,247 feet)Open location code
8F9QJ252+C8OpenStreetMap ID
node 700904316OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
8952532Wikidata ID
Q18461504
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Waray—“Pietra Forcella” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Pietra Forcella”
- Catalan: “Pietra Forcella”
- Cebuano: “Pietra Forcella”
- Chechen: “Пьетра Форчела”
- Czech: “Pietra Forcella”
- Danish: “Pietra Forcella”
- Dutch: “Pietra Forcella, Catania”
- Finnish: “Pietra Forcella”
- French: “Pietra Forcella”
- Indonesian: “Pietra Forcella”
- Italian: “Pietra Forcella”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pietra Forcella”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pietra Forcella”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Pietra Forcella”
- Polish: “Pietra Forcella”
- Portuguese: “Pietra Forcella”
- Romanian: “Pietra Forcella”
- Serbian: “Pietra Forcella”
- Serbian: “Пјетра Форчела”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Pietra Forcella, Catania”
- Slovak: “Pietra Forcella”
- Slovenian: “Pietra Forcella”
- Spanish: “Pietra Forcella”
- Swedish: “Pietra Forcella”
- Tagalog: “Pietra Forcella”
- Tatar: “Пьетра Форчела”
- Turkish: “Pietra Forcella”
- Waray (Philippines): “Pietra Forcella”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Scalonazzo and Frumenti.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cisterna della Regina and Terrazza della Regina.
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