Waterfalls in the town and a museum against the Mafia
Corleone, in the hills south of Palermo, is known worldwide because of a name: Mario Puzo gave it to Don Vito in The Godfather. The real town, however, is a quiet farming centre among wheat fields, with many churches, and it has chosen to tell another story.
The CIDMA, the International Centre for Documentation on the Mafia and the Anti-Mafia Movement, set up in a former orphanage, displays documents of the Maxi Trial in Palermo and photographs by Letizia Battaglia, telling the story of the fight against Cosa Nostra and of the magistrates Falcone and Borsellino. A short walk from the centre, the Cascata delle Due Rocche is a waterfall that pours into a small natural pool between rocky walls, a surprising green corner just below the town.
Tip: the visit to the CIDMA is guided and very moving; around Corleone, the woods of Ficuzza and the hunting lodge of the Bourbon kings are worth a detour.
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