History and Culture

This public green space is dedicated to Paolo Amato (Ciminna, 1634 – Palermo, 1714), a priest, scholar, and one of the leading figures of the Sicilian Baroque. Through his talent and vision, he played [...]

Istituto Comprensivo di Ciminna Don Rizzo, was founded in the 1998/99 school year, following the Decree of the Sicilian Region of the Reorganization Plan of the school network, a decree that aggregates the nursery [...]

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 [...]

Ciminna, formerly called “Palermo la Nica” (The small Palermo), is one of the most interesting hilltop villages in the Palermo area from a historical-cultural point of view. History and traditions represent the soul of a [...]