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
In the heart of Piazza Garibaldi, the hub of city life, the Cathedral of Santa Maria La Nova rises with a façade of two bell towers in golden calcarenite, which at sunset glows with reflections like a theatrical backdrop.
Moncada Palace - Civic Art Gallery
Moncada Palace - Civic Art Gallery
Overlooking Largo Barile, Palazzo Moncada is Caltanissetta’s monumental “unfinished palace”: a baroque quadrilateral.
Fountain of the Triton
Fountain of the Triton
In the heart of Piazza Garibaldi, the urban and symbolic center of Caltanissetta, the Fountain of the Triton rises like a small mythological stage.
Palazzo Testasecca
Palazzo Testasecca
In the dense 19th-century fabric of Corso Vittorio Emanuele, Palazzo Testasecca stands out as an elegant manifesto of the bourgeois season of Caltanissetta.
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
Built around 1371 as the Convent of the Discalced Carmelites next to the Church of Maria Santissima Annunziata, the complex today houses the Town Hall of Caltanissetta.
Church of Saint Sebastian
Church of Saint Sebastian
The Church of Saint Sebastian is located in Piazza Garibaldi, opposite the Cathedral of Caltanissetta. It was built at the beginning of the 16th century but has undergone numerous modifications over time.
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
Originally the “Selva dei Cappuccini” until the early decades of the 19th century, the area was transformed into a public garden starting in 1821.
Teatro Regina Margherita
Teatro Regina Margherita
Inaugurated on March 16, 1875 with the staging of Verdi’s Macbeth, the Teatro Regina Margherita of Caltanissetta is one of the first municipal theatres in Italy.
 

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