What grows here
Paternò
11 protected denominations overlap in this municipality.
Paternò, a town within Sicily's Metropolitan City of Catania, is a crucible for exceptional produce, shaped by the island's unique volcanic terroir. This distinctive environment is crucial to the remarkable "Ficodindia dell'Etna DOP", a prickly pear specific to an 8-municipality zone encompassing Paternò. The area also yields the vivid "Arancia Rossa di Sicilia IGP", its intense colour and flavour born from the volcanic soils of a 32-municipality region. Furthermore, the robust "Monte Etna DOP" olive oil flourishes across a 48-municipality zone, including Paternò. In total, the municipality benefits from 11 protected denominations, each a testament to its singular geography.