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The historic centre of Salice is very interesting for its churches, the ‘case a corte’ and the palaces. The castle The Parish Churchdates 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 theChurch of the Virgin 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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