SAN
MAURO CASTELVERDE
San
Mauro Castelverde is located in the Palermo province about 1,015m
a.s.l. atop Mount San Mauro. It has a population of nearly 3.000.
The Byzantine roots of the town seem confirmed by the ruins of an
ancient castle.
The
town is dotted with several interesting secular and religious buildings.
The 1700’s Chiesa Madre houses, among other pieces, a 1500’s
marble altarpiece and fragments of a 1400’s polyptych, depicting
the Madonna and Child with Saints. The Medieval Chiesa di Santa
Maria dei Franchi is internally divided into three naves containing
a fine 1400’s statue of the Madonna del Soccorso and a 1500’s
baptismal font by Antonello Gagini. A final mention must go to the
Museo Antropologico, housed in the former Town Hall.
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