Its ancient history shows evidence of Punic and Roman settlements as well as Arab and Norman rule.

There are Greek ruins overlooking the town which may be a temple to Demeter (Mother Earth), dating back to the time before Jesus.

The family of MLB player Anthony Rizzo was originally from Ciminna, as were the maternal grandparents of American director Martin Scorsese.

del Rosario, last Sunday of September); The Feast of the Immaculate Conception and the "Triumph" procession (Maria SS.

In 1963, Luchino Visconti chose Ciminna as the backdrop to the film The Leopard (Il Gattopardo, by Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa) which starred Burt Lancaster, Terence Hill, Alain Delon and Claudia Cardinale.