The feast of Maria S.S. Addolorata is celebrated on the third Sunday of October each year, a feast deeply felt by the local community. The celebrations are organized by the Confraternity of Maria Addolorata [...]
The feast of Maria SS.Immacolata dates back many years, also linked to an event that occurred in the eighteenth century, precisely in December 1781, when the friars of the convent of San Francesco d'Assisi [...]
It is the patronal feast of Ciminna. The cult of San Vito has been documented since the beginning of the 16th century. The sanctuary, which houses the statue of the saint, stands on a [...]
The Feast of SS. Crocifisso “Patri ri li Grazij”, is one of the most important religious feasts in Ciminna. It has very ancient origins, in fact it took place for the first time in May [...]
Historical sources show how the Club Paolo Amato (formerly Circolo dei Civili) was statutorily apolitical and played a significant role as a centre for the formation of opinions in the Ciminna community. In the [...]
During the Christmas festivities, a precious nativity scene made of ivory, coral and mother-of-pearl is exhibited to the public. A small masterpiece from the 18th-19th century, attributable to the Trapani school of Tipa, which [...]
Paolo Amato, the “Architect of the Santuzza”, was born in Ciminna on January 24, 1634. Like his older brother Vincenzo, a great musician, he went to Palermo as a young man to study in [...]
Ciminna boasts a long and complex history and has cultural and natural resources that can contribute to improving the social and economic conditions of the population, stemming the abandonment and standardization of the city [...]
Anyone who has read the texts “Ciminna Memorie e Documenti” from 1911 and “Canti e leggenda usi e costumi di Ciminna” from 1935, by the historian Vito Graziano, realizes the value of the work [...]
The Municipal Library of Ciminna was established in May 1977 with a modest collection of books and today houses approximately 28,000 volumes. Since 1980 it has been located in the former Convent of Saint [...]
