CINISI
Generic information
Province of: Palermo
Elevation: m
Population:
GPS coordinates
Latitude: 38.157328
Longitude: 13.108438
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Web site
Italian version: www.sicilianelmondo.com
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Description
Cinisi is a comune in the province of Palermo in Sicily.
The Falcone-Borsellino Airport of Palermo is found in the territory of Cinisi, a small village west of Palermo, found between the mountains and the Mediterranean Sea. As of 2007 Cinisi had an estimated population of 11,363. [1]
Cinisi is famous, among other things, for the Carnevale Parade with many papier-mâché floats. It is also the birthplace of Sicilian poet Giovanni Meli, anti-mafia activist Peppino Impastato (the movie, I cento passi, the biography of Impastato, was filmed here), and Marisa Chirco.
From Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cinisi&oldid=287646113>.