{ Chapter Twenty-Seven }

There were numerous wood-burning ovens in Via Biscottari in the Albergheria. Near the arch that at the western end connects Palazzo Sclafani with the buildings opposite, there is a shrine of the Ecce Homo, with a votive shrine if the humble and merciful Christ that aroused the popular saying pari l’Ecce Homu di viscuttara, meaning a “thin and battered person”. AC, 526.

Ecce Homo dei Biscottari

The tolling of the castiddana at two hours of night of the clocks and bells of the parishes of San Nicolò all’Albergheria, Sant’Antonio Abate, and Santa Lucia al Borgo were the closing signal for activities in the city and for the emergence of night patrols; from that moment on people were prohibited from wandering the streets without a special permit. AC, 531.

the bells of the Castellana