{"id":64182,"date":"2022-06-09T16:52:32","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T14:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/localita\/caltanissetta-2\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T10:13:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T09:13:28","slug":"caltanissetta","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/fr\/localita\/caltanissetta\/","title":{"rendered":"Caltanissetta"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-font-size:20px;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Poppins&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p>Visiter l\u2019<a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/itinerario\/entroterra-di-sicilia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arri\u00e8re-pays<\/a> sicilien offre l\u2019occasion de d\u00e9couvrir quelque chose de nouveau sur cette \u00eele. Nature, art, Histoire et gastronomie sont les quatre points cardinaux dont les coordonn\u00e9es pointent directement sur <strong>Caltanissetta<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Voici comment <strong>la visiter en 10 \u00e9tapes en Caltanissetta<\/strong>.<\/h2>\n<h3><strong>1 &#8211; Le ch\u00e2teau (ou forteresse) des femmes<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>La Sicile m\u00e9di\u00e9vale est incroyablement fascinante. Visiter ses <strong>ch\u00e2teaux<\/strong> signifie p\u00e9n\u00e9trer dans l\u2019\u00e2me la plus noble de nombreux lieux qui n\u2019attendent que de r\u00e9v\u00e9ler leurs panoramas les plus in\u00e9dits. Caltanissetta en fait partie.<\/p>\n<p>Selon certaines sources, le nom de Caltanissetta d\u00e9rive de l\u2019arabe <em>Qal\u2019at an-Nisa<\/em>. L\u2019historien normand Geoffroi Malaterra l\u2019a traduit en <em>Castrafeminarum<\/em>, litt\u00e9ralement \u00ab\u00a0le ch\u00e2teau (ou forteresse) des femmes\u00a0\u00bb, en vertu du fait que la forteresse, \u00e0 certaines p\u00e9riodes de l\u2019ann\u00e9e, n\u2019\u00e9tait habit\u00e9e que par des femmes.<\/p>\n<p>L\u2019ancienne forteresse aux tours en briques rouges, appel\u00e9e aussi pour cette raison le \u00ab\u00a0<strong>ch\u00e2teau de Pietrarossa<\/strong>\u00a0\u00bb, se dresse sur une falaise surplombant la vall\u00e9e en contrebas.<\/p>\n<p>Une visite du ch\u00e2teau est presque obligatoire et permet de rejoindre ensuite le c\u0153ur de la ville.<\/p>\n<p><em>D\u00e9couvrez-en plus <\/em> <em>sur les <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/itinerario\/castelli-della-sicilia-centrale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ch\u00e2teaux de la Sicile centrale<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3894\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Caltanissetta-Ruderi-Castello-Pietrarossa.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3894\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-3894\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Caltanissetta-Ruderi-Castello-Pietrarossa.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Caltanissetta-Ruderi-Castello-Pietrarossa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27399%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20600%20399%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27399%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Caltanissetta-Ruderi-Castello-Pietrarossa-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Caltanissetta-Ruderi-Castello-Pietrarossa.jpg 722w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3894\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ruderi Castello Pietrarossa (ph. Lillo Miccich\u00e8)<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><strong>2 &#8211; La fontaine du Triton de la Piazza Garibaldi<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Sur la <strong>Piazza Garibaldi<\/strong>, vous serez saisi par la beaut\u00e9 de la <strong>fontaine du Triton<\/strong>, r\u00e9alis\u00e9e en\u00a01956 par le sculpteur ni\u00e7ois Michele Tripisciano et l\u2019architecte Michele Averna, qui repr\u00e9sente un cheval en bronze domin\u00e9 par un triton et assailli par deux monstres marins.<\/p>\n<p>Derri\u00e8re la fontaine se dresse l\u2019actuelle <strong>cath\u00e9drale Santa Maria la Nova<\/strong>\u00a0: \u00e0 l\u2019int\u00e9rieur, regardez vers le haut pour admirer les fresques de style <em>trompe-l\u2019\u0153il<\/em> de l\u2019artiste flamand Guglielmo Borremans, connu comme le \u00ab\u00a0g\u00e9nie de Palerme\u00a0\u00bb. Les fresques repr\u00e9sentent\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0Le triomphe de la religion\u00a0\u00bb, \u00ab\u00a0Le ch\u0153ur des vierges\u00a0\u00bb, \u00ab\u00a0L\u2019Immacul\u00e9e Conception\u00a0\u00bb, \u00ab\u00a0Le couronnement de la Vierge\u00a0\u00bb et \u00ab\u00a0Le triomphe de saint Michel sur les esprits rebelles\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>La Piazza Garibaldi devient le th\u00e9\u00e2tre de la <strong><em>Spartenza<\/em><\/strong>, un rite \u00e0 ne pas manquer pendant les jours de la <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/la-settimana-santa-in-sicilia-i-riti-da-non-perdere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Semaine Sainte en Sicile<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_65548\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Caltanissetta-Fontana-del-T-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65548\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-65548 size-fusion-600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Caltanissetta-Fontana-del-T-1-600x398.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Caltanissetta-Fontana-del-T-1-600x398.jpg\" alt=\"Caltanissetta-Fontana-del-Tritone\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27398%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20600%20398%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27398%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Caltanissetta-Fontana-del-T-1-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Caltanissetta-Fontana-del-T-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Caltanissetta-Fontana-del-T-1-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Caltanissetta-Fontana-del-T-1-600x398.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Caltanissetta-Fontana-del-T-1-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Caltanissetta-Fontana-del-T-1-800x531.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Caltanissetta-Fontana-del-T-1-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Caltanissetta-Fontana-del-T-1.jpg 1029w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-65548\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fontana del Tritone a Caltanissetta \u2013 Ph. Lillo Miccich\u00e8<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><strong>3 &#8211; Le centre historique<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Une promenade dans le <strong>centre historique<\/strong> de Caltanissetta vous permettra d\u2019appr\u00e9cier la vue sur de magnifiques \u00e9difices construits par des nobles et des souverains. Deux rues partent de la Piazza Garibaldi\u00a0: le <strong>Corso Vittorio Emanuele<\/strong> et le <strong>Corso Umberto\u00a0I<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Sur le Corso Vittorio Emanuele, vous d\u00e9couvrirez le prestigieux <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/il-teatro-in-sicilia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">th\u00e9\u00e2tre Regina Margherita<\/a>, datant de\u00a01870 et d\u00e9di\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9pouse du roi Umberto de Savoie, la reine Margherita, dont le th\u00e9\u00e2tre tire son nom. C\u2019est l\u2019un des plus anciens th\u00e9\u00e2tres de l\u2019\u00eele, un joyau situ\u00e9 au c\u0153ur de la ville. Sa fa\u00e7ade sobre et aust\u00e8re dissimule les traits baroques typiques de l\u2019architecture du XIXe\u00a0si\u00e8cle. Aujourd\u2019hui, apr\u00e8s une longue restauration, il a retrouv\u00e9 sa vocation de sc\u00e8ne d\u2019art. Le Corso est ferm\u00e9 par la fa\u00e7ade de l\u2019<strong>\u00e9glise de Santa Croce<\/strong>, ancien si\u00e8ge d\u2019un monast\u00e8re b\u00e9n\u00e9dictin, fond\u00e9e en\u00a01531. L\u2019autre moiti\u00e9 du Corso est plut\u00f4t r\u00e9serv\u00e9e, \u00e0 des jours et \u00e0 des heures particuliers, \u00e0 une zone pi\u00e9tonne\u00a0: ce grand espace ouvert permet de se promener tranquillement m\u00eame lorsque la rue est ouverte \u00e0 la circulation urbaine. En fl\u00e2nant au gr\u00e9 des vitrines, laissez-vous s\u00e9duire par un peu de <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/shopping-e-artigianato\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shopping<\/a>\u00a0!<\/p>\n<h3><strong>4 &#8211; Le palais Moncada<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Au croisement du Corso Vittorio Emanuele et du Corso Umberto\u00a0I se trouve le <strong>palais du Carmine<\/strong>, si\u00e8ge de l\u2019H\u00f4tel de Ville. Un peu plus loin, du m\u00eame c\u00f4t\u00e9 de la rue, se trouve la mont\u00e9e Matteotti o\u00f9 si\u00e8ge le prestigieux <strong>palais Moncada<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Son plan d\u2019origine pr\u00e9voyait que le palais soit un bloc ferm\u00e9, d\u00e9velopp\u00e9 sur trois niveaux et dot\u00e9 d\u2019une grande cour au centre. Il ne reste que quelques \u00e9l\u00e9ments de cette derni\u00e8re, sugg\u00e9rant la pr\u00e9sence de grandes arcades. Entre un \u00e9tage et un autre, des encorbellements anthropiques et zoomorphes sont ins\u00e9r\u00e9s pour soutenir un balcon. Aujourd\u2019hui restaur\u00e9, ce palais sert de <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/il-teatro-in-sicilia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">th\u00e9\u00e2tre<\/a>, de cin\u00e9ma multisalle et de mus\u00e9e municipal. Par ailleurs, il accueille en exposition permanente les \u0153uvres de l\u2019artiste de Caltanissetta Michele Tripisciano.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>5 &#8211; Sant\u2019Agata al Collegio<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>L\u2019<strong>\u00e9glise de Sant\u2019Agata al Collegio<\/strong> est majestueuse avec ses deux ailes compos\u00e9es de marches qui se ramifient \u00e0 droite et \u00e0 gauche de l\u2019escalier central auquel on acc\u00e8de par une porte en fer. Cette b\u00e2tisse ram\u00e8ne \u00e9galement \u00e0 la famille Moncada.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c0 l\u2019int\u00e9rieur, dans la <strong>chapelle de Sant\u2019Ignazio<\/strong> (\u00e0 gauche de l\u2019entr\u00e9e), vous pourrez admirer une d\u00e9coration tr\u00e8s pr\u00e9cieuse de marbres mixtes polychromes, parmi lesquels un pr\u00e9cieux paliotto qui repr\u00e9sente un \u00ab\u00a0bestiaire\u00a0\u00bb d\u2019oiseaux exotiques. Sous l\u2019autel de saint Ignace, pr\u00e8s du globe terrestre, quatre figures f\u00e9minines sont repr\u00e9sent\u00e9es, symbolisant les quatre continents alors connus. Les fresques mettent en valeur les murs, et certaines d\u2019entre elles sont \u00ab\u00a0sign\u00e9es\u00a0\u00bb par Borremans.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>6 &#8211; Le mus\u00e9e dioc\u00e9sain du s\u00e9minaire \u00e9piscopal<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Le <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diocesicaltanissetta.it\/museo-diocesano\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mus\u00e9e dioc\u00e9sain du s\u00e9minaire \u00e9piscopal de Caltanissetta<\/a> poss\u00e8de une extension de dix salles et deux galeries au rez-de-chauss\u00e9e du monumental palais \u00e9piscopal. Il expose plus de 500\u00a0\u0153uvres d\u2019art du XVe au XXIe\u00a0si\u00e8cle.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_65525\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Chiasa-S.-Agata-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65525\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-65525 size-fusion-600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Chiasa-S.-Agata-1-600x398.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Chiasa-S.-Agata-1-600x398.jpg\" alt=\"Chiesa di Sant\u2019Agata\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27398%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20600%20398%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27398%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Chiasa-S.-Agata-1-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Chiasa-S.-Agata-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Chiasa-S.-Agata-1-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Chiasa-S.-Agata-1-600x398.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Chiasa-S.-Agata-1-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Chiasa-S.-Agata-1-800x531.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Chiasa-S.-Agata-1-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Chiasa-S.-Agata-1.jpg 1029w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-65525\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chiesa di Sant\u2019Agata al Collegio a Caltanissetta \u2013 Ph. Lillo Miccich\u00e8<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Des peintures, des sculptures, de l\u2019argenterie, des v\u00eatements liturgiques et des objets d\u2019art appliqu\u00e9 provenant des \u00e9glises du dioc\u00e8se de Caltanissetta offrent un aper\u00e7u des diff\u00e9rentes r\u00e9alit\u00e9s artistiques et culturelles de la r\u00e9gion et retracent l\u2019histoire de l\u2019\u00e9glise locale. Parmi les \u0153uvres de valeur se distinguent une copie du XVI\u00a0si\u00e8cle du <em>Spasimo di Sicilia<\/em> (Le Portement de Croix) de <strong>Rapha\u00ebl<\/strong> et un rare parement en corail datant du XVIII\u00a0si\u00e8cle. De plus, la section de l\u2019<a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/itinerario\/arte-moderna\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art contemporain<\/a> abrite, entre autres, le <em>Malatiello<\/em> de Vincenzo Gemito, une <em>t\u00eate de la Vierge<\/em> de Michele Tripisciano et une statuette de saint Michel de Giuseppe Frattallone. Cette partie de la collection comprend \u00e9galement des bronzes et des tableaux d\u2019artistes importants de l\u2019<a href=\"https:\/\/www.accademiadibrera.milano.it\/it\/homepage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acad\u00e9mie de Brera<\/a> tels qu\u2019Aldo Carpi, Silvio Consadori, Eros Pellini et Enrico Manfrini.<\/p>\n<p><em>En savoir plus<\/em> sur <a href=\"https:\/\/izi.travel\/it\/952e-museo-diocesano-del-seminario-vescovile-g-speciale-di-caltanissetta\/it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <em>avec l\u2019audioguide izi.TRAVEL<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>7 &#8211; L\u2019\u00e9glise de Santo Spirito<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>L\u2019 <strong>\u00e9glise du Santo Spirito<\/strong> a \u00e9t\u00e9 construite par Roger le Normand en\u00a01095 sur le site d\u2019une ferme arabe fortifi\u00e9e pr\u00e9existante. Son but \u00e9tait de christianiser l\u2019\u00eele conquise et de convertir les paysans \u00e9loign\u00e9s de la ville. De style pal\u00e9ochr\u00e9tien, cette \u00e9glise pr\u00e9sente une structure romane simple et s\u00e9v\u00e8re, \u00e0 nef unique termin\u00e9e par trois absides. Les h\u00e9ritages des grands ma\u00eetres arabes sont la <strong>tour quadrangulaire<\/strong>, les <strong>meurtri\u00e8res<\/strong> et les <strong>arcs bris\u00e9s<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3900\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Santo-Spirito-esterno.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3900\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-3900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Santo-Spirito-esterno-1024x682.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Santo-Spirito-esterno-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Santo-Spirito---esterno\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27400%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20600%20400%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27400%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Santo-Spirito-esterno-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Santo-Spirito-esterno-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Santo-Spirito-esterno.jpg 1165w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3900\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ph. Lillo Miccich\u00e8<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00c0 l\u2019int\u00e9rieur se d\u00e9tachent la fresque du <strong>Christ Pantocrator<\/strong>, la fontaine baptismale d\u2019\u00e9poque normande \u00e0 l\u2019empreinte musulmane, un rare calice d\u2019\u00e9tain du XIIe\u00a0si\u00e8cle, ainsi qu\u2019une urne fun\u00e9raire en marbre avec des inscriptions de la p\u00e9riode romaine, provenant du cimeti\u00e8re qui se trouvait derri\u00e8re l\u2019\u00e9glise. La statue de la <em>Madonna delle Grazie<\/em> tient dans ses bras l\u2019Enfant qui porte \u00e0 son cou <strong>une branche de corail<\/strong>\u00a0: au cours de ce si\u00e8cle, on pensait en effet que le corail prot\u00e9geait les enfants des maladies.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c0 environ 150\u00a0m\u00e8tres de l\u2019\u00e9glise, vous trouverez le <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beniculturali.it\/luogo\/museo-archeologico-regionale-di-caltanissetta-e-zona-gibil-gabib#descrizione\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mus\u00e9e arch\u00e9ologique r\u00e9gional de Caltanissetta<\/a>. Il abrite des pi\u00e8ces datant du N\u00e9olithique et provenant des zones arch\u00e9ologiques de Sabucina, <em>Gibil Gabib<\/em>, du mont Capodarso et du mont San Giuliano. C\u2019est ici que se trouve le si\u00e8ge de la c\u00e9l\u00e8bre soci\u00e9t\u00e9 <strong>Averna<\/strong>, qui produit la liqueur <strong>amaro<\/strong> douce-am\u00e8re du m\u00eame nom, c\u00e9l\u00e8bre aux quatre coins du monde.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>8 &#8211; La procession du Christ noir<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>N\u2019h\u00e9sitez pas \u00e0 visiter le <strong>mus\u00e9e des Vare<\/strong>, actuellement situ\u00e9 dans le sous-sol de l\u2019<strong>\u00e9glise de San Pio\u00a0X<\/strong>. Le Vendredi saint est le jour de la procession la plus \u00e9mouvante et la plus impressionnante de la province de Caltanissetta\u00a0: la <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/la-settimana-santa-in-sicilia-i-riti-da-non-perdere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">procession du Christ noir<\/a>. Il s\u2019agit d\u2019un crucifix en bois, d\u2019\u00e0 peine 85\u00a0cm de haut, retrouv\u00e9 dans une grotte par deux <em>fogliamari<\/em> (cueilleurs d\u2019herbes sauvages), plac\u00e9 entre deux cierges et noirci par leur fum\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<p>Le crucifix a \u00e9t\u00e9 nettoy\u00e9 plusieurs fois, mais il revenait r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement noir\u00a0: d\u2019o\u00f9 son surnom de \u00ab\u00a0Christ noir\u00a0\u00bb et sa v\u00e9n\u00e9ration en tant que ph\u00e9nom\u00e8ne miraculeux. Le Christ noir, appel\u00e9 le Seigneur de la ville, a \u00e9t\u00e9 le saint patron de Caltanissetta jusqu\u2019en\u00a01625, ann\u00e9e o\u00f9 saint Michel l\u2019Archange a \u00e9t\u00e9 proclam\u00e9 saint patron, car il avait indiqu\u00e9 l\u2019emplacement d\u2019un pestif\u00e9r\u00e9 juste \u00e0 l\u2019ext\u00e9rieur des murs de la ville, emp\u00eachant ainsi la propagation de la maladie \u00e0 Caltanissetta.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>9 &#8211; Le mus\u00e9e min\u00e9ralogique<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.distrettoturisticodelleminiere.it\/distretto\/museo-mineralogico-paleontologico-e-della-zolfara-sebastiano-mottura\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Le mus\u00e9e min\u00e9ralogique, pal\u00e9ontologique et de la soufri\u00e8re Sebastiano Mottura<\/a> abrite une sublime collection de min\u00e9raux et une exposition permanente consacr\u00e9e \u00e0 la technologie mini\u00e8re d\u2019extraction du soufre en Sicile.<\/p>\n<p>Les <strong>mines de Gessolungo et Trabonella<\/strong> sont visibles de l\u2019ext\u00e9rieur, en profitant des splendides panoramas de la campagne de Caltanissetta.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>10 &#8211; Le march\u00e9 historique \u00ab\u00a0Strata a Foglia\u00a0\u00bb<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Dans le centre historique de Caltanissetta, vous pourrez d\u00e9couvrir le charme intemporel de la <strong>Via Consultore Benintende<\/strong>\u00a0: color\u00e9e et parfum\u00e9e, cette rue abrite, depuis la fin du XVIIIe\u00a0si\u00e8cle, le <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/sapore\/antichi-mercati-di-sicilia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">march\u00e9 historique<\/a> Strat\u2019a foglia.<\/p>\n<p>Depuis la <strong>Piazza Mercato Grazia<\/strong> jusqu\u2019\u00e0 la <strong>Via Berengario Gaetani<\/strong>, toute la Via Consultore Benintende est une succession d\u2019\u00e9tals de vendeurs de fruits et l\u00e9gumes, de fromages, de l\u00e9gumineuses et d\u2019objets en tous genres. Sans oublier des boulangeries, des poissonneries, des boucheries et des magasins d\u2019alimentation exotique. Offrez-vous une immersion totale dans la <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/sicilian-street-food\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">street food sicilienne<\/a>\u00a0!<\/p>\n<p>Autrefois, le march\u00e9 \u00e9tait destin\u00e9 \u00e0 la vente des herbes sauvages des fogliamari, les accompagnateurs typiques de la procession du Christ noir le Vendredi Saint. Il abritait \u00e9galement de nombreuses auberges fr\u00e9quent\u00e9es par les mineurs qui travaillaient dans les soufri\u00e8res de la r\u00e9gion de Caltanissetta.<\/p>\n<p>Il est temps de partir \u00e0 la d\u00e9couverte de l\u2019art local. Dans l\u2019ancien <strong>quartier de San Rocco<\/strong>, pr\u00e8s du march\u00e9, vous pourrez admirer le <strong>palais Natale Cosentino<\/strong> du XVIIIe\u00a0si\u00e8cle, form\u00e9 par deux ailes reli\u00e9es par une terrasse, l\u2019entr\u00e9e secondaire du <strong>palais Benintende<\/strong> du XIXe\u00a0si\u00e8cle.<\/p>\n<p>Si vous n\u2019en avez pas encore assez, montez en voiture pour partir explorer les environs\u00a0!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":52335,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"luogo":[],"portfolio_category":[2187],"portfolio_skills":[],"portfolio_tags":[2191],"class_list":["post-64182","avada_portfolio","type-avada_portfolio","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_category-luoghi-fr","portfolio_tags-sicilia-fr"],"acf":{"localizzazione":"<div class=\"leaflet-map\" data-height=\"400\" data-map=\"leaflet\" data-map-lng=\"14.0570068\" data-map-lat=\"37.4661386\" data-map-zoom=\"8\" data-map-layers=\"[&quot;CartoDB.Voyager&quot;]\" data-map-markers=\"[{&quot;label&quot;:&quot;Caltanissetta&quot;,&quot;default_label&quot;:&quot;93100 Caltanissetta, Sicilia Italia&quot;,&quot;lat&quot;:37.463755599999999,&quot;lng&quot;:14.038258799999999,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;marker_6926be8ae4a08&quot;}]\"><\/div>\n"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Caltanissetta - Visit Sicily<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Voici comment la visiter en 10 \u00e9tapes en Caltanissetta.\" \/>\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\/fr\/localita\/caltanissetta\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Caltanissetta - Visit Sicily\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Voici comment la visiter en 10 \u00e9tapes en Caltanissetta.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/fr\/localita\/caltanissetta\/\" \/>\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:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-16T09:13:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/CALTANISSETTA-CATTEDRALE-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2265\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@VisitSicilyOP\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Dur\u00e9e de lecture estim\u00e9e\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"10 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/fr\/localita\/caltanissetta\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/fr\/localita\/caltanissetta\/\",\"name\":\"Caltanissetta - Visit Sicily\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/fr\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/fr\/localita\/caltanissetta\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/fr\/localita\/caltanissetta\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/CALTANISSETTA-CATTEDRALE-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-06-09T14:52:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-16T09:13:28+00:00\",\"description\":\"Voici comment la visiter en 10 \u00e9tapes en Caltanissetta.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/fr\/localita\/caltanissetta\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/fr\/localita\/caltanissetta\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/fr\/localita\/caltanissetta\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/CALTANISSETTA-CATTEDRALE-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/CALTANISSETTA-CATTEDRALE-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2265,\"height\":2560,\"caption\":\"ph. 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