Cinisi Artistic Mechanical Nativity Scene
Edition 2025 Finished Free Heritage History Folk traditions

Cinisi Artistic Mechanical Nativity Scene

07 Dec 2025 — 25 Jan 2026
Cinisi — Palermo (282)

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Edition 2025 — Cinisi Mechanical Nativity

The 2025-2026 edition of the Cinisi Artistic Mechanical Nativity Scene was hosted in the municipal hall of the Palazzo dei Benedettini, in Piazza Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, from December 7, 2025, to January 25, 2026. The work by Giacomo and Lorenzo Randazzo featured a 1:10 scale reproduction of Sicilian arts, crafts, and traditions, with dozens of mechanical figures animated by artisanal mechanisms, ranging from the blacksmith's workshop to the puppet theatre, and the Nativity. Admission was by voluntary donation, by appointment.

2025-2026 Edition

From December 7, 2025, to January 25, 2026, the Cinisi Artistic Mechanical Nativity Scene returned to enliven the town's Christmas in the municipal hall of the Palazzo dei Benedettini, in Piazza Vittorio Emanuele Orlando. The display by Giacomo and Lorenzo Randazzo, inscribed in the Register of Intangible Heritage of the Sicilian Region, showcased the island's rural and artisanal civilization at a 1:10 scale: blacksmiths, carpenters, shoemakers, embroiderers, millers, Sicilian carts, and the puppet theatre, alongside the Nativity with the Madonna rocking the Baby Jesus.

The visit, by voluntary donation, took place during the afternoons of the holidays and the weekends following Epiphany, by appointment with the Arte e Tradizione Association. This year, the work was enriched with new details, confirming its status as one of the most beloved Nativity traditions in the province of Palermo.

Prices

Admission by voluntary donation, visit by appointment.

Where does it take place — Cinisi Mechanical Nativity

Palazzo dei Benedettini (Salone comunale)

Piazza Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, 90045 Cinisi

Contact Cinisi Mechanical Nativity

Tel
+39 349 6331968

Cinisi Mechanical Nativity in brief

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