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Tourism: Santo Spirito, the Cathedral, the Cimitero dei Carusi and the sulphur-mine museums
The municipality points to the Abbey of Santo Spirito, the Cathedral of Santa Maria La Nova, the Arab quarter of San Domenico, the Cimitero dei Carusi, the "S. Mottura" Museum and the Lago Sfondato and Monte Capodarso nature reserves as places to visit.
Sections: Attractions · Museums · Nature · Itineraries · Excursions · Accessible visits
- Abbey of Santo Spirito: built by the Arabs around 900 AD, initially as a fortified farmstead.
- Cathedral of Santa Maria La Nova: the Comune's listing gives it as a neoclassical building completed in 1622, with the crypt in piazza Garibaldi.
- San Domenico, the Arab quarter: the oldest in the city, in vicolo Cocchiaro.
- Church and monastery of Santa Croce alla Badia, in the quarter of the same name.
- Museums: Mineralogical and Palaeontological Laboratory-Museum and of the Sulphur Mine "S. Mottura" (over 3,000 specimens), Michele Tripisciano's birthplace and the Lapidarium of Palazzo Moncada.
- Cimitero dei Carusi: memorial to the miners who died in the Gessolungo mine on 12 November 1881.
- Strata 'a foglia: historic street of the fruit-and-vegetable market since 1500.
- Nature reserves: Lago Sfondato Reserve and Monte Capodarso and Imera Valley oriented nature reserve.
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Comune di Caltanissetta – Luoghi· Comune di Caltanissetta
Updated: 2026-10-20
Reviewed: 10/23/2026 · by piero.avolio · rev. 1 · Period: → 2027-10-31
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