Sfincione soft focaccia with tomato, onion, anchovies and caciocavallo
Tall, soft bread dough, tomato, onion, anchovies, oregano and caciocavallo: sfincione is Palermo's focaccia, cut into squares.
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The largest town in this province is not its capital. Gela, on the gulf that carries its name, has a few thousand more residents than Caltanissetta itself, and the province stays split between inland hills and a short strip of coast. There are only 22 municipalities, most of them large, in a landscape crossed by the Salso, which rises near Palermo and reaches the sea at the edge of the Gulf of Gela.
Most of what there is to see sits in and around Caltanissetta: the cathedral, the Norman abbey of Santo Spirito, the ruined Pietrarossa castle on its rock, and two near-empty archaeological sites, Sabucina and Gibil Gabib, where Sicilian natives and Greek settlers met. Add Mussomeli's castle on its limestone spur and Gela, one of the oldest Greek colonies on the island and now a hard, interesting city.
Towns in the province of Caltanissetta
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22 towns
The top 20 places in Caltanissetta
Our editors' ranking: the area's most important places, drawn from the individual town guides. See the national rankings →
1 ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries Chiesa della Madonna dei Miracoli 📍 Mussomeli Mussomeli's sanctuary, born from a Madonna painted on a stone. 
2 🏰 Castles & palaces Villaggio Monte degli Ulivi 📍 Riesi Riesi's Waldensian centre, six buildings by Leonardo Ricci on the hill. 
3 ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries abbazia di Santo Spirito 📍 Caltanissetta Consecrated in 1153, this Norman abbey was the first parish church of Caltanissetta. - 4 castello di Pietrarossa Caltanissetta · 🏰 Castles & palaces
- 5 cattedrale di Caltanissetta Caltanissetta · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 6 chiesa di San Domenico Caltanissetta · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 7 chiesa di San Giuseppe Caltanissetta · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 8 chiesa di San Pio X Caltanissetta · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 9 chiesa di Sant'Agata al Collegio Caltanissetta · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 10 chiesa di Sant'Antonio alla Saccara Caltanissetta · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 11 chiesa di Santa Lucia Caltanissetta · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 12 chiesa di Santa Maria degli Angeli Caltanissetta · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 13 chiesa di Santa Maria della Grazia Caltanissetta · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 14 chiesa di Santa Maria della Provvidenza Caltanissetta · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 15 chiesa e convento di San Michele Caltanissetta · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 16 chiesa e monastero di Santa Croce Caltanissetta · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 17 chiesa e monastero di Santa Flavia Caltanissetta · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 18 Gibil Gabib Caltanissetta · 🖼️ Museums
- 19 Museo mineralogico di Caltanissetta Caltanissetta · 🖼️ Museums
- 20 Museo regionale interdisciplinare di Caltanissetta Caltanissetta · 🖼️ Museums
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🍝 At the table: Sicily
Arancina fried rice ball stuffed with meat ragù
Saffron rice, ragù with peas and caciocavallo cheese inside a golden crust. Round and feminine in Palermo, pointed and called arancino in Catania: the quarrel is serious.
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Arancino fried rice cone stuffed with ragù, pointed like Etna
Saffron rice, ragù with peas and caciocavallo inside a golden cone-shaped crust: in Catania it is masculine and pointed, and the quarrel with Palermo over the name is serious.
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Saint Barbara, patroness and protector of Sommatino's miners
📅 Every year, on 4 December
Sommatino celebrates Saint Barbara on 4 December: patroness of the town and protector of miners, she is the object of deeply felt devotion by the whole population, who dedicate a solemn procession to her.
Saint Joseph, patron of the town of the Carnival's allegorical floats
📅 Every year, on 19 March; Carnival brings lavish allegorical floats between February and March
Milena celebrates Saint Joseph on 19 March, in the church of the Immaculate, popularly known as San Giuseppe; the year's first feast coincides with Carnival, between February and March, with lavish allegorical floats parading around a display of masks admired by an increasing number of tourists.
The Holy Crucifix, patron of a town founded in 1627
📅 Every year, on 4 May; Saint Joseph, protector, is celebrated on 19 March
Resuttano celebrates the Holy Crucifix on 4 May; the town was founded on 7 June 1627 by Giuseppe di Napoli, duke of Campobello, who bought the barony on behalf of his son Gerolamo, giving rise to a settlement of Madonie-origin people.
Saint Cataldus, the saint who gave the city its name
📅 Every year, on 10 May
San Cataldo celebrates its patron saint on 10 May; the town's mother church, commissioned by Baron Vincenzo Galletti di Fiumesalato and consecrated in 1739 by the baron's brother, the bishop of Catania Pietro Galletti, was only rededicated to the Immaculate Conception in 2019.