Here the Greek rite lasted more than a thousand years: it came with the Byzantines in the sixth century and was kept until the seventeenth. Pieces of it can still be seen: on the façade of the mother church, which is of the sixteenth century, a bas-relief of Saint Nicholas is set, taken from the old Greek-rite church, and another church was built on the foundations of one dedicated to Saint Elijah.
Gagliano has served as a refuge more than once. In 877 it took in the survivors of Vereto, destroyed by the Saracens; between 1413 and 1421 it walled itself and the people of six hamlets around took shelter there; in 1547, after yet another pirate landing that carried off many people, the fortifications were strengthened. On the sea there is the Ciolo: a narrow, high inlet full of caves.
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📅 Every year, on 16 August; the second Sunday after Easter brings the Fiera di San Francesco
Gagliano del Capo celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August, in the church dedicated to him. On the second Sunday after Easter, the Fiera di San Francesco is held.
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Outside Gagliano del Capo, but an easy day trip away.
