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Entering the church, we immediately understand the meaning of this nickname: the Sistine Chapel of Sicily<\/a>, with rich and harmonious decorations and splendid stucco work by Antonio Ferrara.<\/p>\n

Our walk continues with a visit to the Chiesa Madre<\/strong>, which we can recognise by its beautiful 16th-century rose window. Inside, the church contains a wooden panel depicting the Madonna della Misericordia,<\/em> while the nave is covered with paintings of effigies, coats of arms and musical instruments.<\/p>\n

The beautiful Sicilian Baroque Fountain of the Nymph<\/strong>, a few steps from the church, will not go unnoticed. It is 10 metres high and consists of four tiers of basins: in the last one, positioned at the top, sits a nymph holding a wineskin from which water flows. In the city you will hear this monument referred to as the “Ninfuzza di li cannola”<\/em> and its importance is not only artistic; when it was built it was, in fact, a state-of-the-art piece of technology.<\/p>\n

Leaving the city, we move west to reach the Byzantine Cube of the Holy Trinity of Delia<\/strong>, still a masterpiece of Byzantine-Norman art. The cube is still well preserved, protected against the elements and the ravages of time.<\/p>\n

Like all Byzantine cubes, the church is characterised by three external apses; while on the opposite side of the building, there are three doors, two lateral and one main door: the main door was reserved for men, the others for women who took part in the celebrations from the sidelines.<\/p>\n

Before leaving Castelvetrano, we look out for the famous black bread<\/strong>, made from Tumminia<\/em> durum wheat flour, one of Sicily’s ancient grains<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":39377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1918,1932,1919],"tags":[],"luogo":[2980],"stagione":[1874,1877,1875,1876],"class_list":["post-4631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arte-e-cultura-en","category-luoghi-della-cultura-en","category-borghi-en","luogo-trapani","stagione-autumn","stagione-spring","stagione-summer","stagione-winter"],"acf":{"sottotitolo":"history, beauty and culture","galleria":false,"localizzazione":"

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Castelvetrano, near Trapani<\/a>, epitomises history, beauty and culture.<\/p>\n

To fully appreciate the unique character of this town, let’s explore its historic centre<\/strong>, which still retains a certain aristocratic character<\/strong> due to its ancient history, to the Tagliavia family<\/strong>, the former lords of the town; an atmosphere of nobility that has never waned.<\/p>\n

Let’s immediately go in search of the Church of San Domenico<\/strong>, built in 1470 by the Tagliavia family and completed by Don Carlo d’Aragona.<\/p>\n","titolo_paragrafo_1":"Details"},"yoast_head":"\nCastelvetrano - Visit Sicily<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Castelvetrano embodies history, beauty and culture\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/castelvetrano\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Castelvetrano - Visit Sicily\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Castelvetrano embodies history, beauty and culture\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/castelvetrano\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Visit Sicily\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visitsicily.info\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-11-27T14:08:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-03T10:49:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/vastedda-del-belice-e-pane-nero-di-castelvetrano.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"533\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ignazio Mannarano\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@VisitSicilyOP\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@VisitSicilyOP\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ignazio Mannarano\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/castelvetrano\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/castelvetrano\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ignazio Mannarano\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d8945d8a52acf7a0bbab30a94c59b40a\"},\"headline\":\"Castelvetrano\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-11-27T14:08:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-03T10:49:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/castelvetrano\/\"},\"wordCount\":441,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/castelvetrano\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/vastedda-del-belice-e-pane-nero-di-castelvetrano.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Art and Culture\",\"Places of Culture\",\"Villages\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/castelvetrano\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/castelvetrano\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/castelvetrano\/\",\"name\":\"Castelvetrano - Visit Sicily\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/castelvetrano\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/castelvetrano\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/vastedda-del-belice-e-pane-nero-di-castelvetrano.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-11-27T14:08:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-03T10:49:34+00:00\",\"description\":\"Castelvetrano embodies history, beauty and culture\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/castelvetrano\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/castelvetrano\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/castelvetrano\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/vastedda-del-belice-e-pane-nero-di-castelvetrano.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/vastedda-del-belice-e-pane-nero-di-castelvetrano.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":533,\"caption\":\"Vastedda del Belice e pane nero di Castelvetrano - ph. 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