Cinisi

Cinisi is a town and a comune in the province of Palermo in Sicily. As of 2007 it had an estimated population of 12,100. Geography The town is part of the Palermo metropolitan area, borders with the municipalities of Carini and Terrasini and count the civil parish (frazione) of Punta Raisi, seat of Palermo Airport. It is 36 kilometres (22 mi) from Palermo centre, 77 kilometres (48 mi) from Trapani and 31 kilometres (19 mi) from Alcamo. Culture Cinisi is famous, among other things, for the Carnival parade with many papier-mâché. floats. Famous anti-mafia activist Giuseppe Impastato was killed in Cinisi in 1978. Demographics Note: 2007 estimation by The World Gazetteer. Transport The Falcone-Borsellino Airport of Palermo, also known as Punta Raisi, is located in its municipal territory. Cinisi counts a pair of train stations (Cinisi-Terrasini on the Palermo-Trapani line and Punta Raisi, served by the Palermo metropolitan railway service) and is served by the A29 motorway. Personalities Giovanni Meli (1740–1815), Sicilian poet. Giuseppe Impastato (1948–1978), political activist against Mafia. The 2000 film I cento passi, dedicated to him, was filmed in Cinisi. References External links Media related to Cinisi at Wikimedia Commons