Gallitello is a mystery. Behind this piece of territory there are many details that deserve observation and create more than a few questions
Along the route of the SS119 that connects Alcamo with Castelvetrano (but commonly identified as Alcamo-Gibellina) it is the watershed to reach the towns of the Belicino hinterland, including: Calatafimi-Segesta, Gibellina and Camporeale among others.
A junction so "important" that it has seen an A29 junction arise in its immediate vicinity, apparently in the middle of nowhere.
Until a few years ago, there was also a railway station on the Alcamo branch-Castelvetrano-Trapani section, before it was downgraded to a Movement Place.
Inside you can see a sign - presumably from the fascist era - which reads "If anyone has uprooted or cut down an olive tree, whether owned by the State or privately owned, he will be judged by the court, and if he is found guilty, he will be punished with the death penalty."
Despite the aura of mystery and disorientation caused by all this, the natural context of Gallitello is strong with landscapes that change color and physiognomy with the seasons. An area where you can find sparse villages, countryside and paths with bizarre names such as Borgo di Pietra and Catalfalsa. A group of houses often used as livestock farms, far from the chaotic and annoying daily life of the city.
On gloomy days the fog punctuates the pass and Gallitello seems to find shelter in the Gibellina Mountains. A series of barren reliefs almost detached from each other, which guard secrets of an archaeological and environmental nature.
The wheat crops, vineyards and olive groves represent the highest crops and intersect in a play of lines, borders and "almost" orthodox figures. Not far away, there are a couple of votive shrines commissioned by the Gibellina congregations. In their religious importance, they certainly protect the landscape from hypothetical human interference.
Gallitello falls within the municipal boundaries of Calatafimi-Segesta although territorially it is closer to the town of Gibellina and for a few hundred meters it also falls within the territory of the province of Palermo. In short, a game of borders and territories that enriches with another detail one of the many mysteries that Sicily has managed to give birth to.
So much so that it has created a real legend around this place, for which names have been wasted over time and, with the advent of social media, a page was (even) created about it complete with administration, mayor, territorial regulations and allegorical regulations to make fun of the phantom truthfulness.
Translated by Google •
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