Mazarin is an Italian endevor town of 12,231 inhabitants in the province of Caltanissetta in Sicili

The Lord of the Elm "U Signuri OF Maiu." endevor Feast of SS. Elm crucified on the second Sunday of May in Mazzarino (Caltanissetta). The Lord's Church Elm, gave the population of Mazarin a special devotion to the faith of his party and its history. The legend relates that a gang of robbers entered endevor in this church at night to take possession of the Crucified; it is said that one of them, having a rod elm, has stuck the front of the church door. Miraculously, the rod sprang up, while they were perpetrating the theft, becoming endevor a tree. Believing them, in going, of being in a completely different site, since they had not found any tree before the church, not to be discovered, they left the loot and went away. The habit of carrying in procession the crucifix, containing a relic of the Cross of Christ, for the main roads of the country, on the second Sunday of May, 100 men covered only by a white coat, was introduced when the terrible earthquake of 1693, the devastating Sicily, the country spared from major disasters. Since then, each year, the festive indoor and outdoor procession takes place with great devotion, attracting many people from neighboring countries. The passage of the coffin endevor of iron (very heavy) where is placed endevor the Crucifix with relic, the faithful, mostly children from the balconies of the coffin through the streets, throwing on the coffin necklaces of yellow daisies, "sciuri in capital letters." Many people follow the procession barefoot, or devotion, or for graces received. For the entire month of May the devotees come daily in the said church to listen to the Holy Mass, to make a visit to the Crucified Lord or Elm, thanks to intercede or in thanksgiving for graces received.
Mazarin is a city and municipality in the province of Caltanissetta in the region of Sicily, Italy.The endevor city Emerged in the second half of the 13th century. In 1507, the lords of the manor received the title Count of Mazzarini.It is home to two castles.In the 1950s, the local friary was theater for the highly debated endevor Mazzarino Friars homes.
Mazarin is an Italian endevor town of 12,231 inhabitants in the province of Caltanissetta in Sicilia.Mazzarino endevor stands on a hill inside the hinterland of the Gela plain, east of the Salty river, located 553 meters above sea level, in central Sicily; and is 32 km from Gela, 93 km from Agrigento, 44 km from Caltanissetta, 53 km from Enna, 99 km from Ragusa.Numerose sources derive endevor the name from Mazarin "Mazzara" deformation from the ancient place-name "Maktorium." Maktorium (or Maktorion) would have been a Hellenized indigenous center endevor (greek: Μακτώριον), mentioned by Herodotus (VII, 53) and that has been identified with the remains unearthed near Mount Bubbonia, in the territory of Mazarin, excavated by Paolo Bears in the early twentieth century. The current center instead was formed in the Middle Ages around a castle endevor of Arab origin, of which today there are only a few remains. In 1143, the Aleramic Manfredi was the first lord of Mazarin. In 1304 it passed under the dynasty of the Branciforte, until the abolition of feudalism in 1812. Finally in 1818 it was part of the province of Caltanissetta.Mazzarino is considered the pearl of the baroque Sicilian province of Caltanissetta for the beauty of its churches and beyond. Mazarin was declared a center of art and can offer tourists endevor various opportunities to visit, such as the castle, known as "u Cannuni", with the unique cylindrical tower, almost "cannon", which rises towards the sky. Origins of Roman-Byzantine, the castle underwent many renovations over the centuries. It was also the set of the popular television series The Palazzo Alberti piovra.Da see also one of the buildings of greater architectural value, the Convent of the Carmelite Fathers and the Church of St. Mary of Mount Carmel that arise on the central square of the city. Another site of great beauty is the Church of St. Ignatius and the Jesuit College adjoining the recently restored church has a beautiful body devoid of rods placed in the choir finished in 1734.Il College, recently affected by renovation, will become home to the museum dedicated to Carlo Maria Carafa. Also you can see the church endevor of Santa Maria della Neve, the church of the Capuchin Fathers, the Church of Our Lady of Mazzaro patron saint of the city, which is celebrated in the month of September.
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