Gagliano Castelferrato (Enna Province) is 49 km from Enna, alt. 651 m, on the right of the torrent Gagliano, in the mid-valley of the River Salso, area 56 sq km, pop. 4,163, post-code 94010, tel. 0935. Economy: agriculture (cereals, vegetables, almonds, olives); dairy products; methane deposits.
Inhabited since pre-Greek times, the territory was an Arab settlement and developed considerable around the castle after the 12th century.
Of interest are numerous necropolises.
Churches (Nicosia Diocese) include the following:
San Cataldo (Chiesa Madre)
Chiesa di Santa Maria di Gesu (historic)
S. Margherita
S. Maria delle Grazie
Links to other sites about Gagliano Castelferrato include:
Gagliano Castelferrato Photos
Italian Wikipedia
Italian Towns
Italian Postal Codes
Sicily Web
Sicilia
Sicilian Net
My latest book on CD is titled Sicily, Part 1 and Part 2 is now available on 2 CDs. With a file for each town (plus many other files), it relates the history of Sicily as reflected in the photos, records and festivals of its towns. It contains over 2500 text and photo files and can be ordered at CD order.
Inhabited since pre-Greek times, the territory was an Arab settlement and developed considerable around the castle after the 12th century.
Of interest are numerous necropolises.
Churches (Nicosia Diocese) include the following:
Links to other sites about Gagliano Castelferrato include:
My latest book on CD is titled Sicily, Part 1 and Part 2 is now available on 2 CDs. With a file for each town (plus many other files), it relates the history of Sicily as reflected in the photos, records and festivals of its towns. It contains over 2500 text and photo files and can be ordered at CD order.
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