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Just outside the town, among the dense network of sheep tracks, there’s the Santuario dello Spirito Santo<\/strong>, a shrine linked with a legend about a miraculous painted effigy of the Eternal Father found on a boulder by a farmer. This is now located in a niche within the Baroque building. As you enter the village’s streets, there’s the Torre dei Ventimiglia<\/strong>, a well-known noble family in medieval times. The tower was built in various periods due to the continuous structural failures which, it’s said, annoyed Count Ventimiglia. Legend aside, the tower has a refined style: it’s divided into three tiers and is surmounted by an 18th-century clock<\/strong>. It’s incorporated into the Chiesa di San Nicol\u00f2<\/strong>, Gangi’s cathedral<\/strong>. This church, commissioned by the Knights of Jerusalem, houses the works of Zoppo di Gangi<\/strong>, a well-known local artist, and the painter of many other works scattered in neighbouring villages. Zoppo’s identity remains a mystery to this day.<\/p>\n

There are two noble residences to explore. There’sPalazzo Sgadari<\/a>, which takes its name from one of the village’s most important families, and today houses the rooms of the Museo Archeologico<\/strong>, full of finds from the area, the Pinacoteca Gianbecchina<\/strong> art gallery, the Museo delle Armi <\/strong>and, lastly, the Museo Etnoantropologico<\/strong>, a small treasure trove exhibiting objects related to cereal farming, bread and sheep farming which used to be an integral part of the village’s economy.<\/p>\n

The other is the nearby Palazzo Bongiorno<\/a>: this displays the 18th-century architectural refinement of Gangi in all its aesthetic splendour! The residence of the Bongiorno family, this was an important centre of culture. Its outer appearance conflicts with its interior: the former is rough, unrefined, natural stone, with wrought iron balconies, while the latter is a real riot of ceilings, with stuccoed and frescoed walls in the Baroque and Neoclassical style.<\/p>\n

Standing at the top of the town, there’s the castle<\/strong>, originally the residence of the Ventimiglia family and an example of late medieval architecture.<\/p>\n

There are many types of food to try during the various festivities. At Easter <\/strong>it’s customary to eat u fasciddatu,<\/em> a type of bread whose dough is made with water, semolina and natural and dried yeast: the decorated circular shape, 45\u201350 cm in size, is kneaded manually and weighs 2 kg. For the Festa di Sant’Isidoro<\/strong>, you should drink unpasteurised milk<\/strong> and sample taralli<\/strong>, a type of cracker typical of Gangi, made with eggs, sugar and flour. At Christmas<\/strong> tradition dictates cucchia<\/em>, a shortcrust pastry filled with almonds, raisins and dried figs.<\/p>\n

In autumn, mastazzola<\/em>biscuits, made from sugar, flour and boiled must, are eaten at harvest time. In the prickly pear season, mastacutt\u00e8<\/em> biscuits are eaten, made from flour, sugar and prickly pear juice.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":52577,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1918,1920,1932,1919],"tags":[],"luogo":[2947],"stagione":[1874,1877,1875,1876],"class_list":["post-3322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arte-e-cultura-en","category-entroterra-en","category-luoghi-della-cultura-en","category-borghi-en","luogo-palermo","stagione-autumn","stagione-spring","stagione-summer","stagione-winter"],"acf":{"galleria":false,"paragrafo_1":"

Gangi<\/strong>, a small village which stands on a promontory in the province of Palermo<\/a>, became famous the world over after being nominated the most beautiful village in Italy<\/a>. It stages one of the island’s most famous and most eagerly anticipated events: the staging of the wonderful live nativity scene<\/a> which attracts thousands of tourists.<\/p>\n

It’s a little gem, full of historical heritage and traditions. According to legend, its was originally the mythical city of Engyon<\/em> founded by the Cretans near the spring of the same name.<\/p>\n","titolo_paragrafo_1":"Detail","sottotitolo":"a small village which stands on a promontory in the province of Palermo","localizzazione":"

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