Cianciana

Cianciana is a comune municipality inside the Province of Agrigento within the Italian region Sicily positioned inside the center valley of the Platani River about 70 kilometers south of Palermo and about 25 kilometers northwest of Agrigento. The Monte Cammarata elevation 1,579 meters above sea degree, part of the Monti Sicani chain is nearby. Cianciana borders the subsequent municipalities Alessandria Della Roca, Bovina, Cattolica Eraclea, Ribera and Sant Angelo Muxaro. The village is situated on the valley of the River Platani and is surrounded by means of the Sicani Mountains and became at first inhabited the Cretans in the 2^nd millennium BC.

Cianciana also turned into conquered by using Greeks, Romans and Arabs. According to nearby chronicles, a metropolis known as La Feral existed in the location in 1269. This was probable destroyed with the aid of an earthquake. Archaeological excavations have found traces of Roman temples and other constructions, consisting of a fortress referred to as Canaletto di Chicane, whence the call given to the place inside the feudal generation of the Kingdom of Sicily. Cianciana itself turned into founded on 4 October 1646 as Sant Antonio di Cianciana, under the aegis of the Joppolo feudal circle of relatives. In 1713 it had 2,303 inhabitants.