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Gangi<\/strong> is a small town with character, of 6,500 inhabitants, classified among the most beautiful villages in Italy since 2009 (borghi pi\u00f9 belli d’Italia<\/a>), located in the Madonie region<\/a>. 
The historic centre is remarkable with its medieval character and its prestigious buildings such as the Mother Church dedicated to San Nicola di Bari. During the prosperous period of the 18th and 19th centuries, the late feudal nobility built several beautiful palaces, including the Palazzo Bongiorno, then those of Sgadari and Mocciaro. 
Craftsmanship has remained alive and is valued in Gangi, with blacksmith, carpenter, stonemason, writing on parchment and papyrus, or fresco restorers. It is part of a local tradition of know-how linked to construction, religious decoration and heritage conservation.<\/p>\n

Historical overview<\/h2>\n
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The site was already inhabited in the Neolithic period, with traces of prehistoric occupation including carved stones and rock-cut structures.
Remains marked by a Hellenic character suggest the existence of a Greek colony that has not been identified, which one tradition links to the legendary Cretan colony of Engyon, and another to the vanished Greek city of Herbita (other villages in the region, such as Nicosia or Troina, are more likely sites).
The most probable is the founding of the town on Mount Marone under the Byzantines or the Saracens, on a steep relief corresponding to a defensive logic typical of the early Middle Ages in Sicily.<\/p>\n

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