{"id":18329,"date":"2017-07-19T17:40:38","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T15:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/?p=18329"},"modified":"2023-11-20T12:58:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T11:58:03","slug":"naro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visitsicily.altrama.com\/en\/naro\/","title":{"rendered":"Naro"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Its monuments tell an important story, the city was called <em>radiant<\/em> and had its place in the Sicilian Parliament. Its churches are richly decorated with works of art and all of them are worth a visit. In particular, the <strong>Chiesa Madre, <\/strong>dedicated to Maria SS Annunziata, contains the sculpture of the Madonna della Catena by Antonello and Giacomo Gagini, an Annunciation on canvas by Domenico Provenzali, a Madonna and Child by the workshop of Gaginesca and a baptismal font in the mediaeval style. There&#8217;s also the <strong>Chiesa di Santa Caterina<\/strong> church that takes us back to an atmosphere of bygone times, with the crypt, statues and mediaeval frescoes, which are still partly visible, and the Benedictine <strong>Chiesa del Santissimo Salvatore<\/strong> church with a rich Baroque fa\u00e7ade done according to Spanish tastes. The culmination of the Naro Baroque is the <strong>Chiesa di San Francesco church, <\/strong>with frescoes by the artist, Domenico Provenzani, while the <strong>Biblioteca Comunale Feliciana <\/strong>, the municipal library, with its extensive book collection, can be visited on weekdays.<\/p>\n<p>An important urban regeneration project has been started in the \u201cVia Vanelle\u201d district, destroyed by a landslide in 2005. Here, the partnership between the municipality of Naro and the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence gave life to the <strong>MAN, <\/strong>museum of outdoor arts: an open-air route, continuously in progress, which already includes 24 works painted on the former facades of the buildings in the neighbourhood.<\/p>\n<p>Naro is found in the pages of <a href=\"https:\/\/visitsicily.altrama.com\/la-strada-degli-scrittori-lungo-la-nuova-ss640\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sciascia and Simonetta Agnello Hornby<\/a>. The latter relates an ancient tradition according to which the <em>righteous<\/em>, before going to heaven, &#8220;&#8230;make a tour of the island to say goodbye to seven special places in Sicily: Naro Castle, beaten by the winds day and night; Caltabellotta, curled around the Rock; Erice, the mountain that looks towards Africa; Ustica, the island with the emerald sea; Stromboli, the volcano <em>that<\/em> <em>rumbles<\/em> in the middle of the waves; Ortigia, the ancient Greek island&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to having been a film <em>set<\/em> for many films, including one about Giudice Livatino and La scomparsa di Pat\u00f2, Naro seems to have been the venue of the first Sagra del Mandorlo almond festival in 1934.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>feast<\/strong> which the Naresi are most attached to is <strong>San Calogero&#8217;s<\/strong> feast, the <em>black saint<\/em> who is celebrated on two days:<strong> 18 <\/strong>and <strong>25 June<\/strong>. Tasting the delicacies of Naro is important, almost like learning about its monuments; just stop at a local trattoria to taste the treasures of the food table, and you&#8217;re <em>duty-bound<\/em> to finish the meal with the <strong>ricotta-filled ravioli<\/strong>. During Carnival time, don&#8217;t miss out on the <strong><em>sfincia<\/em>, <\/strong>the local dessert that&#8217;s fried and dusted with icing sugar: a real crowning glory!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":69019,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1919],"tags":[],"luogo":[1860],"stagione":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Naro - Visit Sicily<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Naro\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Naro - Visit Sicily\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Naro\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/visitsicily.altrama.com\/en\/naro\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Visit Sicily\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visitsicily.info\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-07-19T15:40:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-20T11:58:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/visitsicily.altrama.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Naro-Castello-Chiaramontano-ph.-Archivio-Regione-Siciliana.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"533\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Carla Buda\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@VisitSicilyOP\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@VisitSicilyOP\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Carla Buda\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitsicily.altrama.com\/en\/naro\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitsicily.altrama.com\/en\/naro\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Carla Buda\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitsicily.altrama.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/1a5ed2e0d85d87c729e04a5cd22d7f0f\"},\"headline\":\"Naro\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-07-19T15:40:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-20T11:58:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitsicily.altrama.com\/en\/naro\/\"},\"wordCount\":614,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitsicily.altrama.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Villages\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitsicily.altrama.com\/en\/naro\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/visitsicily.altrama.com\/en\/naro\/\",\"name\":\"Naro - 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