Cesarò

Cesarò (Zip Code 98033) is 193 Km. distant from Agrigento, 121 Km. from Caltanissetta, 70 Km. from Catania, 80 Km. from Enna, 118 Km. from Messina, that is the province it belongs to, 236 Km. from Palermo, 174 Km. from Ragusa, 128 Km. from Siracusa, 335 Km. from Trapani.

The municipality has 3.020 inhabitants, its surface measures 21.575 hectares and its population density counts 14 inhabitants per square kilometre. It rises inland on a mountainous spot, 1.150 metres above the sea-level.

The Town Hall is located in corso Regina Margherita n. 2, tel. 0957-732064 fax. ++39 0957-739030, toll free number 800250244 (only for italian residence).

The main economical activities are agriculture, cattle-breeding and handicraft. The main cultivations are olives, citrus fruits, legumes and grapes.

Cows, sheep and hoses are largely bred. The artisan production of horse harness is typical in here.

The name of the town comes from the old Greek Kissaròs, which means place rich of ivy.

We do not have many documents related to its origin, but we know that in 1334 Frederick II of Aragona gave it to Cristoforo Romano whose family owned it up to 1643.

The Mother Church built during the Baroque age is artistically relevant, as well as the church of S. Calogero, also Baroque, the ruins of the Castel Colonna and Castel di Bono.

The festival for S. Calogero, the patron saint, is very peculiar. It takes place on June 18 and August 31 and the statue of the saint is taken from the youth to the highest part of the town.