Sommatino: city of sulfur

Sommatino is a small village in the Sicilian hinterland whose history is intimately linked to the presence of the solfare, the sulfur mines, in its territory.
The current town was founded in the 14th century by the Tagliavia family. In 1507 the noble Lo Porto family from Palermo obtained the licentia populandi, officially giving rise to the village of Sommatino. In the 17th century, the town passed to the lordship of the princes of Trabia, and this lordship lasted until the first half of the last century. The history of Sommatino is linked to the presence of sulfur mines in this territory: Sommatino owes much of its history to sulfur present in its territory. The Trabia Tallarita mine, known as Solfara Grande, today a museum, was one of the oldest and richest sulfur mines in Sicily.
The village of Sommatino still retains its late-medieval urban layout, with narrow, winding streets and houses leaning against each other on the others, and houses monuments of particular artistic value and museums of notable historical interest.