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The historic centre of
Salice is very interesting for its churches, the ‘case a corte’ and the palaces.
The castle
dates
to the 15th century, it is a stately building but is not in good
conditions. The Leone De Castris Palace is the most important palace and dates
to the 1400. Its canteen is very famous for the fine wines it has cherished
since 1665. The wine of Salice is well-known for its top quality and is exported
all over Europe. The Mother Church dates to 1600. The façade has four niches
with statues of saints, the portal is finely decorated with the statue of a
saint and two angels. The church has a nave and two aisles, eleven altars in
baroque style, a wooden crucifix and some interesting paintings such as that of
the Pity dating to 1683. The Church of the Visitation was built in the 16th
century according to the will of the Albrizzis whose family coat of arms can be
seen in a corner of the church. The church is aisleless. There are five altars,
an elegant pipe organ, and interesting paintings such as the painting of the
Visitation by Vincenzo Montefusco (19th century). Next to this church
there is the Convent of the Reformed Friars with a very precious painting
showing Mary visiting Elisabeth mistakenly attributed to Raffaello. Outside the
urban area there is a fortified farm called San Paolo. The patron saint of
Salice is San Francesco of Assisi and the population celebrates him on October 4th.
The nickname of the
people of Salice is “giaccure stritte”, that means “tight jackets”. Those who
live in the
neighbouring villages say that the people of Salice are so stingy that they want
tight jackets in order to save cloth. Their jackets are so tight that the wallet
does not enter their pockets and they have an excuse for not paying drinks to
their neighbours at the bar.
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