Monuments of Castellammare del Golfo
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The ArabNorman castle
The first news about the Arab-Norman castle of Castellammare del Golfo is reported by the Arab geographer Idrisi in his "Book of King Ruggero", dated to 1154. He reports that "No castle is stronger for site neither better for construction than this here [...]." The construction of the castle is attributed to the Arabs who built it, around the tenth century, on the ruins of pre-existing fortifications. The castle was built on a rocky…
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The Cathedral
The Cathedral (known as "La Matrici") was built in the center of Castellammare, at the limits of the old walled city, on a spur of tufa rock that towers over the sea for about 25 meters. The construction began in May of 1726 by the Prince of Aragona and lord of Castellammare, Baldassare Naselli, to be opened for worship in January 1736. Actually, according to reports by the Archpriest D. Tommaso Accardi the date of 1726 refers to the…
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The church of Madonna della Scala
The church of Madonna della Scala ("Scala" means "ladder") is a small place of worship site on the cliff overlooking the harbor, a little below the Belvedere of Castellammare. The building of the church is subsequent to a historical-legendary episode dated, according to tradition, to the seventeenth century. It seems that on the evening of 7 September 1641as a result of a sudden storm, Maria D'Angelo, a young girl who was feeding the…
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The church of Madonna of the Rosary
The church of Madonna of the Rosary, called "dell'agnuni" ("of the angle"), is located next to the the village of the castle and seems to have been erected in the Norman period, around 1100. The building, of modest size, is characterized especially by the sixteenth-century bas-relief stands on the entrance portal. The marble bas-relief, attributed to Gagini, depicting the Madonna and Child flanked by St. Nicholas on the right and a…
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The church of Madonna of Graces
The church of Madonna of the Graces is located just a few steps from the municipal villa of Castellammare del Golfo, in the small square that by the church takes its name. Its construction dates back to the first quarter of the seventeenth century (1614-1624) and in the early years of the next century is dated the construction of the three altars that adorned the sacred building: the first one which is dedicated to Madonna of Graces,…
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The church of St Joseph
The church of San Giuseppe is located in the district Petrazzi and dates from the late nineteenth century. With a single nave, has a main entrance facing north, on Via Crispi F.sco, and a lateral one that opens on Chiesa Nuova Via Inside the church there are five altars: the main one dedicated to St. Joseph; on the right side, the first is dedicated to St. Nicholas is revered in the next while the Holy Heart of Jesus; on the left side,…
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The church of St. Anthony of Padua
The church of St. Anthony of Padua was founded as a small church outside the walls, until, after the spread of the cult of Blessed Mary the. Immaculate, the holy building begins to develop. In 1774 could be admired inside three altars: the more precisely dedicated to Our Lady Immaculate, and the other entitled to the holder of the church and to St. Francis of Paola. During the nineteenth century, at the behest of the priest Don Antonio…
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The church of Blessed Crucifix
The church of Blessed Crucifix was erected in 1810 in order to equip of a church the new cemetery, built during the early years of the century, to accommodate the new royal arrangements which provided _ the construction of the cemetery outside the city. Upon construction, the church was dedicated to Jesus laid in the tomb, which was dedicated a valuable painting placed on the altar of the sacred building. The nineteenth-century cemetery…
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The church of Santa Rita
In 1850, on a plot of private property, was built a shrine which, for the worship of the owner, was dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows. Inside the chapel, was placed a painting of the Madonna of Romitello. The devotion to Our Lady was such that, on May 8 of each year, the faithful of Castellammare have been coming, and barefoot on a pilgrimage to pay homage to the Virgin, just by this small votive shrine. The chapel was later enlarged…
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Scopello: the staks and the
Scopello is an ancient fishing village that seems to be built on the site of the fabled city of Cetaria (whose name may derive from the abundance of tuna that inhabit the sea near the Faraglioni). The sheltered position of the Faraglioni, has made this place an important anchor point since ancient times, which can be seen by the large number of artifacts found on the bottom of this water. It is amphoras and other pottery remains Greeks,…
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Inici Mountain
From the Belvedere of Castellammare del Golfo, past the picnic area of the Forest, you can climb the eastern slope of Monte Inici, reaching the "Pit of the Ox" (a large forest clearing), the lake of the "Lagoon", the reforestation of "Fontanelle" and the forest of "Vaccaria." On top you can see the features "niviere", large cavities in which, in antiquity, was kept ice. From the geological point of view the Monte Inici is particularly…
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The coast
Eastern side. The Levantine coast of the of Castellammare del Golfo, low and flat, is characterized by its sandy beaches, such as those of the two inlets located to the east and west of the castle headland (respectively, Petrolo and Cala Cala Marina) and as the vast and deep Plaja, located to the east of the town. The western side. The west coast, strongly articulated, is characterized by the presence of high rocks, cliffs and coves…
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The Zingaro Park
The Zingaro was the first nature reserve established in Sicily and encompasses the stretch of coast, approximately seven kilometers long, between Scopello and San Vito Lo Capo. Very important for its flora, characterized by rare and endemic plants, the reserve is probably even more peculiar in terms of view of wildlife, since the diversity of species present in it can not be found anywhere else in the region. In the Zingaro nest and…
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Palazzo Crociferi
Palazzo Crociferi was founded in 1659, together with the church of SS. of agonizing, as the convent of the Crociferi, at the behest of Princess Francesca Balm Roccafiorita. In 1659, at the behest of Princess Francesca Balm Roccafiorita were founded the church of SS. of agonizing and the adjoining convent Crociferi Fathers, the order of the Ministers of the Sick (Camillians), founded by St. Camillo de Lellis in the sixteenth century,…
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The Grain Pits
In 2013 during the works for the laying of natural gas pipelines, in the lower part of the Corso Garibaldi were found the ancient grain pits dating back to Norman times. They have a base diameter of about 10 meters and 50 centimeters, a depth of about 9 meters with an upper opening of about 1 meter and 60 centimeters. A trench is intact and easily accessible, while the other part of the vault ruined and is completely full of earth and…
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