CaltanissettaResuttano.
The territory is an enclave in the province of Palermo,
belonging to the province of Caltanissetta, in accordance
with the wishes of the inhabitants. 5 km E outside
the village are the ruins of an ancient castle which
possibly existed in Arab times, as suggested by
the name Resuttano: Rahl as-sultan (house of the
Sultan). The castle was important in the Middle
Ages because of its position on the river Imera,
on the border with the Madonie territory, and it
is celebrated because here Frederick II of Aragon
dictated his will which led to the War of the Four
Vicars, between the Ventimiglia faction and the
Chiaromontes. A fief of the Ventimiglia from the
14th c., its castle and the surrounding territory
at the beginning of the 17th c. carne into the possession
of Duke Giuseppe of Naples, who in 1625 founded
a new village from which the present-day town developed.
The castle was incorporated in afarmstead in the
19th c. As we enter Resuttano we notice the 18th
c.
Chiesa Madre dedicated to the Immacolata Concezione,
and Palazzo Mazzarino (also 18th c.). Traces of
an ancient settlement, originally indigenous and
then Hellenized, have been found in the vicinity,
on Cozzo Terravecchia, alt. 961 m.