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On January 20th, the feast day of San Sebastiano is celebrated. Sebastiano was a high official in Diocletian's imperial army. Once his Christian faith was discovered, he was sentenced to death: in the open [...]
The week before the beginning of the Lenten period, the parochial community of Ciminna has planned in the various churches of the main neighborhoods, Eucharistic days of reparation, of suffrage for the deceased and [...]
It is an important event that takes place during the Christmas festivities. The itinerary of the Nativity Scenes allows to discover new itineraries to get to know Ciminna, its great heritage of traditions and [...]
The feast of Sant’Antonio Abate was and is one of the most important in Ciminna. Sant’Antonio Abate is the patron saint of animals. During the feast, in the past, a very popular moment was [...]
‘U Cuddiruni is a focaccia spread in different parts of Sicily, where it sometimes takes on very different characteristics, similar to the Palermo sfincione. It is made white (without the tomato pulp) or red, topped [...]
‘Nfriulata is a baked product of Ciminna gastronomy linked to the traditional event “U Triunfu ra Marunnuzza”, a historic night procession that has been held unchanged for more than two hundred years, forming part [...]
“Ti cuntu un cuntu” (I tell you a story) Stories and tales handed down by our elders, also told with phrases in Sicilian. Some tales of popular tradition so as not to be forgotten, [...]
The establishment of this Reserve dates back to 1997. Recently, the reserve and the large surrounding area were included among the Natura 2000 sites by the European Community, which wanted to make this territory [...]
Along this itinerary there are four important archaeological sites: Contrada Cernuta, Pizzo, Mount Maragliano and Mount Rotondo. In the Cernuta contrada was found a mosaic similar to that of Carini and that of the [...]
