Diocesan Itinerary – Tripisciano – Vare

Diocesan Itinerary – Tripisciano – Vare

Experience: Churches, Folklore, History

Route: outdoor, loop

Km: 2,5

Duration: 1 h

Difficulty: easy

Terrain: asphalt

Route suitable: on foot

Ascent / Elevation gain: 341

Descent / Elevation loss: 341

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From the parking area along Viale Regina Margherita, enter the beautiful park of Villa Amedeo, which also features a picnic area.

Walking along the avenue in a northeast direction, you can visit the Provincial Palace and the Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art. Continue straight along Corso Umberto I to discover Piazza Garibaldi, surrounded by: the Cathedral of Santa Maria la Nova, the Triton Fountain, the Rectory of San Sebastiano, and the Regina Margherita Theater. From here, reach Largo Paolo Barile to visit Palazzo Moncada with its Civic Art Gallery. Continue along Corso Vittorio Emanuele to arrive at the Benintende and Testasecca Palaces. From here, take Via Palestro towards Via Napoleone Colajanni to reach the Church of San Pio X. From there, you can easily return to the parking area by following the map route.

The stages of the itinerary

 
Cathedral of Santa Maria La Nova
Cathedral of Santa Maria La Nova
The main square of Caltanissetta, named after Garibaldi, is dominated by the façade of the Cathedral.
Moncada Palace
Moncada Palace
In the heart of the city stands a solemn and majestic building, clearly unfinished, although usable in the portion already completed.
Fountain of the Triton
Fountain of the Triton
In the center of Piazza Garibaldi, which was formerly called Piazza Ferdinandea, once stood a statue dedicated to Ferdinand of Bourbon.
Palazzo Testasecca
Palazzo Testasecca
The elegant eclectic-style palace faces Palazzo Benintende on Corso Vittorio Emanuele.
Palazzo Benintende
Palazzo Benintende
Palazzo Benintende was commissioned by Baron Filippo Benintende in the first half of the 19th century and entrusted to the creativity of architect Giuseppe Di Bartolo.
Palazzo del Carmine – Town Hall
Palazzo del Carmine – Town Hall
The palace, which houses the Town Hall of Caltanissetta, borders one side of Piazza Garibaldi and was built in 1866 on the site of a pre-existing Carmelite convent, from which it takes its name.
Church of Saint Sebastian
Church of Saint Sebastian
In Garibaldi Square, right in front of the Cathedral, stands the Church of San Sebastiano, built at the beginning of the 16th century, but renovated several times over the centuries.
Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art
Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art
The Diocesan Museum of Caltanissetta, founded in 1983 by Monsignor Giovanni Speciale – to whom it is now dedicated – was inaugurated in 1986 with the first rooms set up on the ground floor of the Episcopal Seminary.
Villa Amedeo, formerly Selva dei Cappuccini
Villa Amedeo, formerly Selva dei Cappuccini
The Carbonari uprisings of 1820 turned into a sort of civil war in Sicily, and Caltanissetta, which had remained loyal to the Bourbon government, was subjected to looting by revolutionary troops.
Teatro Regina Margherita
Teatro Regina Margherita
In 1870, the city of Caltanissetta was on its way to becoming the world capital of sulfur, and the local notables felt the need to provide the city with an opera house that could rival those of the island’s main cities.
 

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