Cirigliano.
The name of this small town comes from the Latin
‘Praedium Cerellianum’.
It belonged to the abbey of San Michele Arcangelo
of Montescaglioso in the Middle Ages, then it was
a feud belonging to several lords such as the Della
Marras and the barons Formica.
In the town, it is possible to admire the feudal
palace built in 1593, with a tower with egg-shaped
base which contains a clock placed on columns. In
the palace there is also a XVII century chapel which
contains a choir and a painting portraying the Virgin
Mary with the Infant by Giovanni De Gregorio.
The XVI century mother church of the Assunta is
interesting from an artistic point of view. It contains
two statues of St. James, one dating from the XIV
century and the other dating from the XVII century.
Near the town, the chapel of the Madonna della
Grotta, hollowed into the rock probably by a brigand,
is worth visiting.
