Places of the myth of Cronus-Saturn: Kronio Castle
Places of identity and memory (IWB)
Places of myth and legends: Myth of Cronus - Saturn
The site is part of the Places of Myth and Legends - included in the Register of the Region of Sicily LIM (Places of gods and minor divinities)
Mount Kronio (Sciacca, Termini Imerese)
The Cronii mountains were more than one and this explains how the S. Calogero mountains are also more than one. Another mountain with the name of San Calogero is found, in fact, near Termini Imerese (precisely between the municipalities of Termini Imerese, Caccamo and Sciara). According to what has been said, the ancient Agrigento belief according to which the saints who respond to the name of Calogero were even four, all brothers who lived as hermits and who eventually became the patron saints of the towns of Agrigento, Sciacca, Licata and Naro [Giuseppe Pitre: Patronal Festivals in Sicily. p. 380].
In relation to the Castle of Kronio, on the slopes of Monte Pellegrino indicated in the LIM register, I have not yet been able to find either the castle or elements that correlate it with the myth of Cronos (note by Ignazio Caloggero) Therefore the current georeferencing is entirely indicative.
I would be inclined to insert the place of Monte Pellegrino, the mountain of San Calogero which is located near Termini Imerese
To read the file on the myth of Cronus see Cronos (Saturn)
Places reported on the IWB:
• Arm of S. Raineri (Messina)
• Mount Kronio (Sciacca, Agrigento)
• Kronio Castle, slopes of Monte Pellegrino (Palermo) - Not identified
• Promontory of Trapani
• Altar of Kronos, Rupe Gogala (Caltabellotta, Agrigento)
• Monte Scuderi, formerly Monte Saturno (Fiumedinisi, Messina)
To view the places included in the IWB of the Myth of Cronus-Saturn on an Interactive Map, see the following web page: The places of Cronos
Card insertion: Ignazio Caloggero
Photo: By August Wilhelm Julius Ahlborn – 1. radikal.ru2. Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, object 20145946, Public domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29099965
Information contributions: Ignazio Caloggero, Region of Sicily
