Gangi
Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
Abandoned houses on sale for one euro put Gangi in the headlines, drawing buyers from abroad. The town climbs Monte Marone in the Madonie, its steep lanes and stairways rising to the mother church of San Nicolò, whose bell tower was once the Ventimiglia family's tower. Beneath the church, a crypt holds a hundred mummified priests, which the artist Escher drew after visiting in 1932.
Highlights
- The crypt of the priests, with mummified clergy in standing niches
- San Nicolò, with a Last Judgement by Giuseppe Salerno
- Palazzo Bongiorno, its 18th-century frescoes full of Masonic symbols
- Santa Maria del Gesù, with sculptures by local artist Filippo Quattrocchi
- The Abbey of Gangivecchio, on the site of the original village
Text adapted from Wikipedia (Gangi, Gangi, Sicily), Wikivoyage (Gangi). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Population: 6,110
Things to see
- San Nicola (IT)
Events through the year
- A Cravaccata
- Feast of the AnnunciationProcession of the Annunziata statue through the streets
- Feast of Saint CataldusProcession and the saint's visit to the town's churches
- Feast of the Holy SpiritAbout 40 saints' statues race three times across the sanctuary churchyard
- Festa dei BurgisiBread procession on the Saturday eve, harvest thanksgiving mass on Sunday
- Sagra della SpigaRural traditions, nine-grain dish, Demeter parade with ox sledges
Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.
Adapted from Wikipedia (Gangi), Wikivoyage (Gangi). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Local food & wine
- 'A manciata di novi cosiDishOne-pot dish of nine legumes and cereals with meat and local oil
Adapted from Wikivoyage (Gangi). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to sleep
2 places to stay within 3 km
- Hotels 2
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Thermal baths nearby
- Thermal spa: Pozza Termale Sclafani Bagni · ~59 min by car
- Hot spring: Surgiva Cavura Sclafani · ~59 min by car
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Nearby member villages
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- Petralia Soprana · 8.8 km
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