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Madonnari 2026: the rain stopped the chalk, the forty works stay online
The tenth edition of the competition ended with unfinished works and the public vote cancelled. ViviNicosia, the event's Digital Partner, has put online the photograph, the sketch and the profile of every madonnaro: forty pages, one per station, still reachable from the QR codes left on via Fratelli Testa.
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Nicosia's cannoli: where the Academy of Cuisine found the best
In June 2023 the Italian Academy of Cuisine's inspectors named the Antica Gelateria dei Fratelli Granata, on Piazza Garibaldi, maker of the best cannolo. Sheep's-milk ricotta, shells fried to order and a three-day October festival: a guide to the cannoli of Nicosia.
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The Gallo-Italic of Nicosia: the 'Lombard' speech that endures in Sicily
Nicosia speaks a language that isn't Sicilian: Gallo-Italic, brought between the 11th and 13th centuries by settlers the Normans called in. Six Sicilian towns keep it; here it lives in nicknames, at the market and on the September stage of Piazza Garibaldi.
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The nocattolo: Nicosia's De.Co. sweet with a festival of its own
Almond paste, cinnamon and recipes handed down at home: the nocattolo is Nicosia's signature sweet, the town's first De.Co. product (2015), celebrated every year by a festival that in 2026 lined up 4,239 nocattoli on a 221-metre table.
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Villages near Nicosia: Sperlinga, Cerami and inland Sicily
A few kilometres from Nicosia, along the SS120, sit a castle carved into the rock and a village on a crag tied to a Norman battle: a guide to Sperlinga, Cerami and the surroundings.
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Nicosia Cathedral (San Nicolò): history and the painted wooden ceiling
Seven centuries of history, the Porta del Paradiso and a painted 15th-century ceiling hidden above the vault: a guide to Nicosia Cathedral, in Sicily.
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How to get to Nicosia, Sicily: car, bus, train and airports
Nicosia is in inland Sicily, province of Enna. Car on the A19, bus with Interbus, Catania airport an hour and a half away: the practical, verified guide to getting there.
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What to eat in Nicosia, Sicily: cheeses, cannoli and traditional dishes
Mountain buffalo mozzarella, famous cannoli, the De.Co. nocattolo and shepherds' dishes like zuzzu: a guide to the food of Nicosia, in the province of Enna, Sicily.
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Things to do in Nicosia, Sicily: a guide to the city of the 24 barons
A Gothic cathedral hiding a painted 15th-century ceiling, a Norman castle, cave dwellings and baronial palaces in inland Sicily: what to see in Nicosia, province of Enna — not Cyprus.
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Nicosia's cave dwellings: the rock-cut houses of inland Sicily
Cave-homes carved into the rock below the Castle, lived in from prehistory until a few decades ago and repeatedly nominated to Italy's FAI Luoghi del Cuore: a guide to Nicosia's cave dwellings.
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Monte Sambughetti and the Campanito lakes: a hiking guide
A relict Ice-Age beech forest, three high-altitude lakes and one of the highest peaks in the Enna area: a guide to the Sambughetti-Campanito reserve, above Nicosia.
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When to visit Nicosia: events, festivals and traditions season by season
From Carnival to the Holy Week Casazza, from summer food fairs to the winter feasts: how to choose when to visit Nicosia, in the province of Enna, by its festivals.
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Casazza 2026: three evenings, four hundred performers, one hundred photographs
The ninth edition of the itinerant sacred play ran from 27 to 29 March: Caiaphas' trial in piazza Valguarnera, Pilate on the Capuchin stairway, the Crucifixion in the Friars' garden. In June, the photo-contest awards closed the season.
Source: Telenicosia
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