# Madonie open data: events, villages, trails and places to stay

> The data we use to write this guide can be downloaded here, free of charge, as JSON and CSV; events are also available as iCal calendars. The files are rebuilt every time the site is published, so they always match the pages. Events and villages are licensed under CC BY 4.0. Trails, places to stay and places to eat come from OpenStreetMap and are licensed under the ODbL.

- Page: https://www.lemadonie.it/en/open-data/
- Updated: 2026-10-20
- Other languages: [Italiano](https://www.lemadonie.it/dati.md) · [Español](https://www.lemadonie.it/es/datos-abiertos.md) · [Français](https://www.lemadonie.it/fr/donnees-ouvertes.md) · [Deutsch](https://www.lemadonie.it/de/offene-daten.md)

## Datasets to download

### Events

Food festivals, feasts, music festivals, races and markets in the Madonie: one row per edition, with dates, town, venue, coordinates when known, official source and date of check.

- Licence: [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Credit: Le Madonie (lemadonie.it)
- Rows: 104
- Download: [JSON](https://www.lemadonie.it/dati/eventi.json) · [CSV](https://www.lemadonie.it/dati/eventi.csv)

### Villages

The towns described in the guide: altitude, approximate coordinates of the centre, whether they are in the Madonie Park, and resident population with the ISTAT source.

- Licence: [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Credit: Le Madonie (lemadonie.it)
- Rows: 16
- Download: [JSON](https://www.lemadonie.it/dati/borghi.json) · [CSV](https://www.lemadonie.it/dati/borghi.csv)

### Trails

The published trails: CAI difficulty, starting point with coordinates, approximate distance and walking time (stops excluded) and best seasons. No GPX tracks.

- Licence: [ODbL 1.0](https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/). Credit: © OpenStreetMap contributors; elaborazione Le Madonie (lemadonie.it)
- Rows: 20
- Download: [JSON](https://www.lemadonie.it/dati/sentieri.json) · [CSV](https://www.lemadonie.it/dati/sentieri.csv)

### Places to stay

Hotels, B&Bs, farm stays, mountain huts, campsites, holiday homes and hostels listed on OpenStreetMap: type, town, coordinates, public contacts and opening hours.

- Licence: [ODbL 1.0](https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/). Credit: © OpenStreetMap contributors; elaborazione Le Madonie (lemadonie.it)
- Rows: 110
- Download: [JSON](https://www.lemadonie.it/dati/strutture.json) · [CSV](https://www.lemadonie.it/dati/strutture.csv)

### Places to eat

Restaurants, trattorias, pizzerias, pastry shops, cafés and food shops listed on OpenStreetMap: type, town, coordinates, public contacts and opening hours.

- Licence: [ODbL 1.0](https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/). Credit: © OpenStreetMap contributors; elaborazione Le Madonie (lemadonie.it)
- Rows: 194
- Download: [JSON](https://www.lemadonie.it/dati/ristoranti.json) · [CSV](https://www.lemadonie.it/dati/ristoranti.csv)

### Event calendars (iCal)

- [Madonie events](https://www.lemadonie.it/dati/ics/en/eventi.ics) (70)
- [Events in Caltavuturo](https://www.lemadonie.it/dati/ics/en/comune/caltavuturo.ics) (2)
- [Events in Castelbuono](https://www.lemadonie.it/dati/ics/en/comune/castelbuono.ics) (9)
- [Events in Castellana Sicula](https://www.lemadonie.it/dati/ics/en/comune/castellana-sicula.ics) (4)
- [Events in Cefalù](https://www.lemadonie.it/dati/ics/en/comune/cefalu.ics) (9)
- [Events in Collesano](https://www.lemadonie.it/dati/ics/en/comune/collesano.ics) (4)
- [Events in Gangi](https://www.lemadonie.it/dati/ics/en/comune/gangi.ics) (5)
- [Events in Geraci Siculo](https://www.lemadonie.it/dati/ics/en/comune/geraci-siculo.ics) (6)
- [Events in Gratteri](https://www.lemadonie.it/dati/ics/en/comune/gratteri.ics) (4)
- [Events in Isnello](https://www.lemadonie.it/dati/ics/en/comune/isnello.ics) (5)
- [Events in Petralia Soprana](https://www.lemadonie.it/dati/ics/en/comune/petralia-soprana.ics) (5)
- [Events in Petralia Sottana](https://www.lemadonie.it/dati/ics/en/comune/petralia-sottana.ics) (5)
- [Events in Polizzi Generosa](https://www.lemadonie.it/dati/ics/en/comune/polizzi-generosa.ics) (3)
- [Events in Pollina](https://www.lemadonie.it/dati/ics/en/comune/pollina.ics) (4)
- [Events in San Mauro Castelverde](https://www.lemadonie.it/dati/ics/en/comune/san-mauro-castelverde.ics) (2)
- [Events in Scillato](https://www.lemadonie.it/dati/ics/en/comune/scillato.ics) (2)
- [Events in Sclafani Bagni](https://www.lemadonie.it/dati/ics/en/comune/sclafani-bagni.ics) (1)
- [Food festivals in the Madonie](https://www.lemadonie.it/dati/ics/en/categoria/sagra.ics) (21)
- [Religious festivals in the Madonie](https://www.lemadonie.it/dati/ics/en/categoria/religioso.ics) (22)
- [Sport in the Madonie](https://www.lemadonie.it/dati/ics/en/categoria/sport.ics) (4)
- [Music in the Madonie](https://www.lemadonie.it/dati/ics/en/categoria/musica.ics) (4)
- [Culture in the Madonie](https://www.lemadonie.it/dati/ics/en/categoria/cultura.ics) (14)
- [Nature in the Madonie](https://www.lemadonie.it/dati/ics/en/categoria/natura.ics) (2)
- [Markets in the Madonie](https://www.lemadonie.it/dati/ics/en/categoria/mercato.ics) (2)
- [Other events in the Madonie](https://www.lemadonie.it/dati/ics/en/categoria/altro.ics) (1)

## What can I download?

Five datasets, each as JSON and CSV, plus the event calendars in iCal format (.ics): one with all events, one for each town and one for each category. The files only contain data that also appears on the site's pages, with its source. Every row links to the matching page in every language where it exists (`url_it`, `url_en`, `url_es`, `url_fr`, `url_de`). Field names are in Italian, as in our content system; the table below explains them.

## Which licences apply?

| Dataset | Licence | Credit line |
|---|---|---|
| Events, villages | CC BY 4.0 | Le Madonie (lemadonie.it) |
| Trails, places to stay, places to eat | ODbL 1.0 | © OpenStreetMap contributors; processing by Le Madonie (lemadonie.it) |

We check events one by one against the official source (town council, organiser, Pro Loco): each edition carries the link to the source and the date of the check. Village population is the ISTAT estimate given in the village page, with its reference date in the `popolazione_nota` field.

## How often are the files updated?

Every time the site is published: at least once a day, with the morning article. On Mondays the editors recheck the events of the following eight weeks and rebuild places to stay and eat from the latest OpenStreetMap extract. Every file says when it was generated: the `generato` field in the JSON, the last column of the CSV and the DTSTAMP field in the calendars.

## Which fields are there?

| Dataset | Main fields |
|---|---|
| Events (one row per edition) | `nome` (name), `categoria`, `comune` (town), `luogo` (venue), `lat`, `lon`, `anno` (year), `inizio` (start), `fine` (end), `stato` (programmato, rinviato, annullato: scheduled, postponed, cancelled), `edizione_attuale` (current edition), `programma`, `fonte_ufficiale` (official source), `verificato` (checked on) |
| Villages | `nome`, `quota_m` (altitude), `lat`, `lon` (town centre, approximate), `parco_delle_madonie`, `popolazione` (population), `popolazione_nota`, `popolazione_fonte` |
| Trails | `nome`, `difficolta_cai` (T, E, EE, EEA), `partenza` (start), `partenza_lat`, `partenza_lon`, `distanza_km_indicativa` (approximate distance), `tempo_indicativo` (approximate time, stops excluded), `stagioni` (seasons), `osm_relazione` |
| Places to stay and eat | `nome`, `tipo` (type), `comune`, `indirizzo` (address), `lat`, `lon`, `telefono`, `email`, `sito` (website), `orari_osm` (opening_hours format), `osm`, `verificato` |

Dates use the YYYY-MM-DD format. An empty field means the information is missing or not verified: we never estimate it.

## How do I use them?

- **Calendar.** Copy the address of an .ics file and add it to your calendar as a calendar "from URL" (in Google Calendar: Other calendars, From URL). It then updates on its own when we change a date.
- **Spreadsheet.** The CSV files are UTF-8 with a comma as separator: LibreOffice Calc and Excel open them with the right accents.
- **Code.** The JSON has the rows in the `dati` field and the list of fields in `campi`. An example in Python:

```python
import pandas as pd
events = pd.read_csv("https://www.lemadonie.it/dati/eventi.csv")
print(events[events.edizione_attuale][["nome", "comune", "inizio"]])
```

The list of datasets with licences and file addresses is also available in machine-readable form, in the [JSON catalogue](https://www.lemadonie.it/dati/catalogo.json).

## What is not included?

GPX tracks of the trails: they are maintained by [sentierisiciliani.it](https://www.sentierisiciliani.it/), and the link to the technical page is in the `scheda_tecnica` field. There are no weather forecasts, which you can get directly from [Open-Meteo](https://open-meteo.com/), and no personal data: for places to stay and eat we only include the public contact details found on OpenStreetMap.

## Frequently asked questions

### Can I use this data in an app or a commercial website?

Both licences allow it, commercial use included. With CC BY 4.0 (events and villages) you only need to credit the source: Le Madonie (lemadonie.it), with a link. With the ODbL (trails, places to stay and eat) you also need to write "© OpenStreetMap contributors", and if you publish a derived database it must stay open under the same licence.

### How do I credit lemadonie.it when I use the data?

For events and villages: "Data: Le Madonie (lemadonie.it), CC BY 4.0", with a link to this page. For trails, places to stay and places to eat: "Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL; processing by Le Madonie (lemadonie.it)". The same sentence is written inside every JSON file, in the attribuzione field.

### Why do trails, places to stay and places to eat have a different licence?

Because they come from OpenStreetMap. Places to stay and eat are rebuilt every week from the OpenStreetMap extract, and the distance, time and starting point of each trail are calculated from the OSM tracks. The OpenStreetMap ODbL licence also covers derived data, which is why these datasets are in separate files.

### I found a mistake in the data: what should I do?

For events and villages, write to info@lemadonie.it with the link to the page and the correct source: we check it and the fix reaches the files with the next publication. Opening hours, phone numbers or addresses of places to stay and eat can be corrected directly on OpenStreetMap: the change reaches our extract the following Monday.

## Sources

- [Creative Commons, licenza CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.it)
- [Open Data Commons, Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0](https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/)
- [OpenStreetMap, copyright e licenza](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright)
- [IETF, RFC 5545: formato iCalendar](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5545)
- [ISTAT, popolazione residente (demo.istat.it)](https://demo.istat.it/)

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Markdown version of the page https://www.lemadonie.it/en/open-data/, from Le Madonie (lemadonie.it), an independent guide to the Madonie. Facts with source and date of check.