Posted on February 28, 2010.
URGENT TRES: does not import that can correct this text?Caltanissetta is localized to 568 mts above the sea level on a top that finishes by the To The north of the Mount San Giuliano that dominates the valley of river of Salso of the just side. The municipal territory attains 415.94 km2 and there are 61,319 inhabitants "nisseni" called.
The itinerary "outside the walls of the city"
The driving by S 122, obtaining beyond the borders of the territory of Enna, the one climbs to the big Shot of Capodarso, a structure built by the Spaniard 500 years ago, under the Emperor Carlo V, when Sicily belonged to the huge Spanish Empire. The this is a high structure of bridge of engineer if the one thought that it was incorporated our rear country hundred hundred year ago. This bridge crosses the natural reserve of Himera, a hollowed of throat of tuff of gourgeous by the homonymous river.
Continue to climbing the one can see that a stunning landscape composed from houses in the ruin keeping the trees of olive and the trees of very old almond. Then the one pass under the mount Sabucina, a wonderful boulder that to the bends of red dawns and where people extract the popular one "said blocchi Sabucina". This boulder was used to construct almost all the buildings of Sicily of the west and recently it was used to rebuild the said Cattedrale Noto. Not to the far there is a homonymous archeological site that shows this sector already was lived since VIII B.C.
To continue towards Caltanissetta there is some old expressions of sulfur, the industrial archeology that recalls one passed in which Caltanissetta was the world-wide capital to dig sulfur.
The in contrast to one the town of Barbara of Santa, in front of the house that had been gone counts to welcome people that worked in the sulfur expressions in the surrounding fields, there is the wide sector of Terrapelata and his "Maccalube". This is a unique place of his type where there are small volcanoes of muds, a very rare phenomenon that always is under the evolution. This volcano type can be found in three places in Italy: the one is Caltanissetta, another is Aragona (close to Agrigento) and another the one is in Emilia Romagna.
Continue the trip, there is the old building of Amaro Averna, the pride source to Caltanissetta and the example of industrial archeology still in the usage!
A little beyond there is the Archeological Museum of Caltanissetta and the famous Abbey of Santo Spirito, an Arabic norman Church that is unique of his type and lodges works of Roman, Arabic, Norman and the Acts Spanish. This small coffin of sabucina-rocher keeps almost two thousand years of history.
What to see in the city
Caltanissetta offers several treasures in his historic center, among them there is the Cathedral of Santa Got married The Nova that heedless piazza Garibaldi. Besides several arts works the lodging the frescos of century of XVII by the painter Guglielmo Borremans Flemish. Turn in Corso Umberto the one encounter the Church of santaeagata Al Collegio, the center age long of the Jesuits Orders. The chuech has a houses of plant of Greek excellent mosaic crosses did hard rocks that represent tropical birds. The building of the former Jesuits convent is connected to the church and now is used as a public library.
The sanctuary to the increases of Redentore on the city over of hill of Giuliano of San and on 29th December it will be 110 years old. The pedestal was conceived by the architect Ernesto Basile of Palerme. The statue is 4.85 mts but the high total are 13.15 mts. At the end of century of XIX it was counted student 19 monuments of Jesus the Redemptive, but only five of them had been realized, among which there was the one of Caltanissetta.
The city center welcomes the local popular market called "' a layer foglia", a place a lot of colors, the perfumes and the tradition.
More of churches and the historic buildings are regulated as the precious rocks in city fabric: a walk is at the center the better manner to discover them!
Museums
The archeological Museum- Museo Archeologico - contrada Santo Spirito, the telephone. + 39 (0)934-5567062/fax + 39 (0)934-567086
Mineralogical, Paleontological and the Museum of Solfatara- Museo Mineralogico, Zolfara of della of e of Paleontologico - to Istituto statale minerario "Sebastiano Mottura", viale della Regione 73, the telephone. + 39 (0)934-591280
Museo Diocesano - to Seminario Vescovile, viale Regina Margherita 29, the telephone. + 39 (0)934-23014
Typical desserts
It seems Caltanissetta is the house of rolla and cannolo, the typical Sicilian desserts base on the cheese of ricotta. The this is not a case if few years ago someone is realized the rolla more long of the world: 303 mts (for which they needed 780 kg of cheese of ricotta, 3600 eggs, 400 kg of sugar, 60 kg of flour, 20 kg of cocoa, 40 kg of scales of chocolate and 40 kg of dough of almonds).
Even for the cannolo there are some historic confirmations on its origins of Caltanissetta. The recent research (and the legends) confirms that this delicious dessert had been born in Caltanissetta, the old one "Kalat Nissa" (in Arab "the Women Castle"). Some women that lived in the Castello of Pietrarossa could have them "invented" during the Arabic domination (827-1091);
Another hypothesis tends to believe the Additional cannol Details5 days agoKind of homework. It' s a translation, the is so bad? 5 days agoUsually that I can translate Italian form very aisee to English, but this time the writer chose a very elegant, so many structures style and the words did not exist in Eglish and I tried to do my better one. Il's a project that we have: as our doesn of hotel of ville't does any promotion of our tradition, we do it, but we need a correct text! 5 days agoAfter the museum la's a somewhere else that I must writes
5 days agoKind of homework. It' s a translation, is the this so bad? 5 days agoUsually that I can translate Italian form very aisee to English, but this time the writer chose a very elegant, so many structures style and the words did not exist in Eglish and I tried to do my better one. Il's a project that we have: as our doesn of hotel of ville't does any promotion of our tradition, we do it, but we need a correct text! 5 days agoAfter the museum la's a somewhere else that I must writes
5 days agoUsually that I can translate Italian form very aisee to English, but this time the writer chose a very elegant, so many structures style and the words did not exist in Eglish and I tried to do my better. Il's a project that we have: as our doesn of hotel of ville't does any promotion of our tradition, we do it, but we need a correct text! 5 days agoAfter the museum la's a somewhere else that I must writes
5 days agoAfter the museum la's a somewhere else that I must writes
The driving by S 122, obtaining beyond the borders of the territory of Enna, the one climbs to the big Shot of Capodarso, a structure built by the Spaniard 500 years ago, under the Emperor Carlo V, when Sicily belonged to the huge Spanish Empire. The this is a high structure of bridge of engineer if the one considers that it was incorporated our rear country hundred hundred year ago. This bridge crosses the natural reserve of Himera, a hollowed of throat of tuff of gourgeous by the homonymous river.
Continue to climbing the one can see that a stunning landscape composed from houses in the ruin keeping the trees of olive and the trees of very old almond. Then the one pass under the mount Sabucina, a wonderful boulder that to the bends of red dawns and where people extract the popular one "said blocchi Sabucina". This boulder was used to construct almost all the buildings of Sicily of the west and recently was used to rebuild the said Cattedrale Noto. Not to the far is an archeological site proving the sector already was lived since VIII B.C.
To continue towards Caltanissetta are some old expressions of sulfur, the industrial archeology that reminds of one passed where Caltanissetta was the world-wide capital to dig sulfur.
The in contrast to one the town of Barbara of Santa, in front of the house that had been constructed to welcome people working in the sulfur expressions in the surrounding fields is the wide sector of Terrapelata and his "Maccalube". This is a unique place for its small volcanoes of active muds, a very rare phenomenon that always is under the evolution. These volcanoes can be found in three places in Italy: Caltanissetta, Aragona (close to Agrigento) and Emilia Romagna.
To continue the trip is the old building of Amaro Averna, the pride source for Caltanissetta and the example of industrial archeology still in the usage.
A little beyond are the Archeological Museum of Caltanissetta and the Abbey known Santo Spirito, a work of lodging of Church of unique arabe-norman of Roman, Arabic, Norman and the Acts Spanish. This small coffin of sabucina-rocher keeps almost two thousand years of history.
What to see in the city:
Caltanissetta offers several treasures in his historic center, among are them the Cathedral of Santa Got married The Nova that heedless piazza Garibaldi. Besides several arts works, it lodges the frescos of century of XVII by the painter Guglielmo Borremans Flemish. Turn in Corso Umberto, the one encounter the Church of santaeagata Al Collegio, the center age long of the Jesuits Orders. The church has a plant of Greek cross and lodges of the excellent mosaic facts of hard rocks painting tropical birds. The building of the former Jesuits convent is connected to the church and now is used as a public library.
The sanctuary to the increases of Redentore on the city on the hill of Giuliano of San and on the 29th December it will be 110 years old. The pedestal was conceived by the architect Ernesto Basile of Palerme. The statue is 4.85 m but the total height including the pedestal attains 13.15 Mr. At the end of the century of XIX, the erection of 19 monuments of Jesus that the Redemptive one were foreseen, but only five of them attained the conclusion, among which that of Caltanissetta.
The city center welcomes the local popular market called "' a layer foglia", a place a lot of colors, the perfumes and the traditions.
More of churches and the historic buildings are regulated as the precious rocks in city fabric: a walk is at the center the better manner to discover them!
It seems Caltanissetta is the house of rolla and cannolo, the typical Sicilian desserts did with the cheese of ricotta. Some years ago, the rolla more long in the world was done: 303 m (for which confectioners needed 780 kg of cheese of ricotta, 3600 eggs, 400 kg of sugar, 60 kg of flour, 20 kg of cocoa, 40 kg of scales of chocolate and 40 kg of dough of almonds).
Some historic confirmations tend to point out that the rolla has originated Caltanissetta. The recent research (and the legends) confirms that this delicious dessert had been born in Caltanissetta, the old one "Kalat Nissa" (in Arab "the Women Castle"). Some women that lived in the Castello of Pietrarossa could have them "invented" during the Arabic domination (827-1091);
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