Places to Visit

Bagni Greci
Zona Archeologica Acropoli (Molino a Vento)
Castelluccio
Bosco Littorio (Emporio Greco)
Zona Archeologica Gibil Gabib
Area Archeologica di Sophiana
Zona Archeologica e Antiquarium di Sabucina
Vassallaggi
Museo Archeologico di Gela
Museo Archeologico di Caltanissetta
Museo Archeologico Regionale di Marianopoli
Antiquarium Iconografico e Mura Timoleontee di Capo Soprano

The history of the province of Caltanissetta appears similar to that of other regions contiguous human settlement seems to be more Sican witnessed a greater persistence over time in the inland areas in the coastal areas where it already appears in the seventh century BC clear element greek. The Sicilians seem to have colonized the coastal areas mainly pushing inward under the pressure of the Greeks.

The province of Caltanissetta became such fact as soon as the division was established in the provincial region. In fact, together with those of Palermo, Catania, Messina, Siracusa, Trapani and Agrigento was founded by the Bourbons in 1818 the province of Caltanissetta, which then comprised 40% of the province including the provincial capital of Enna (Castrogiovanni then) and the 10% of the province of Ragusa, until then the fact the region was divided between the three valleys, the Vallo di Mazara, the Val Demone and Val di Noto, the three main areas, whose border was defined in a north -South line of the two rivers, Imera North and South Imera.

Bourbon period in the history of the province is closely linked to the exploitation of the deposits of nearly all the sulfur in the hands of a few noble families afflicted by terrible tragedies for fires and collapses in mines, whose victims are always and only strangers and exploited local miners . Thanks also to the mines the province is affected by railway construction north of the railway company Vittorio Emanuele before that in other areas of the directors, Catania, Caltanissetta and Canicattì-Licata completed between 1876 and 1878, to bring the two extremes of Catania and Licata.

Source: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_di_Caltanissetta