Centuripe

Centuripe is a Sicilian village of 5,172 residents in the province of Enna, which is 63 km away. The origins of «Centuorbi» as it is known in Sicilian dialect, go back to prehistoric times. The Archaeological Museum presents the city’s history and topography, its inhabited sites and economic activities; it also preserves local terracotta works from the Hellenistic period, with masks and statues that showcase the high technical levels that were already being reached at that time. The territory still has many sulfur mines, which were actively used until the 1920s. The economy is mainly agricultural and livestock-oriented, and citrus fruits from the surrounding valley are abundant.