Madonna del Carmelo Church in Gangi
The Church of the Madonna del Carmelo in Gangi, also known as the Church of Carmine, is a valuable building of worship annexed to the ancient Carmelite convent.
The complex was built in the 14th century, and the church performed the functions of the convent's chapel of the Carmelites. The church underwent an important restoration in the second half of the eighteenth century, at the behest of the barons Li Destri.
The façade of the church and the convent overlook the square in front, which are separated by the bell tower. The church has a simple gabled facade enriched by a stone portal flanked by a pair of columns that support a broken tympanum, surmounted by a rectangular opening.
Next to the church stands the bell tower with a square stone base decoration and pyramid pinnacle in red tiles, certainly dating back to the time of the restoration.
The interior, with a single nave, presents: the area of the presbytery restored in the nineteenth century; the nave, with the exception of the choir, decorated with stucco bas-reliefs; the vestibule and the choir, subject to recent restoration, which retain only a floral design on the vault from the eighteenth century.
Of particular value is the wooden statue of the Madonna and Child placed on the main altar.
The Church is seat of the Carmel Confraternity, established at the beginning of the last century.
