The historic centre of Calimera has the typical ‘case a corte’ and the long narrow streets. The Montinari Palace was built in the 17^th century and looks very elegant. The Mother church is dedicated to St Brizio and was built in the 17^th century. It has a Latin cross plan and the façade has a beautiful portal. Inside there are seven beautiful baroque altars with some interesting paintings. The church of the Virgin was built after the earthquake of 1743, the façade is very simple, inside there is a beautiful painting of 17^th century. The Chapel of Our Lady of Constantinople dates probably to the 17^th century. Inside there is a beautiful fresco representing the Virgin and the saints. The Chapel of St Anthony dates to the 18^th century, the Chapel of Our Lady of the Carmine was built in 1577. The Chapel of St Vito is in the countryside. Inside this church there is a huge rock with a hole in the middle and in the past barren women used to walk through the rock because this was considered a rite of fertility. The Attic Stone was given to Calimera by Athens as a present. It dates to the 4^th century B.C. and probably was a sepulchral stone. In the Museum of History of Calimera people can see some interesting findings of this area. The tourist should also visit the underground oil mill called ‘Rescio’ dating to the 17^th century. The patron saint of Calimera is St Brizio and the population celebrates him twice, on November 13^th and July 29^th.

The nickname of the people of Calimera is “pigs”. The legend says that in the past they used to grow a pig that all the population fed and was called ‘St Brizio’s pig’. The animal was to be put up for auction on St Brizio’s day in order to pay the costs of the celebration. When the day came, the auctioneer began to sell the parts of ‘St Brizio’s pig’ but he had a slip of the tongue and said he was selling the bowels of St Brizio himself. The second nickname is “raccudagia”, the Griko word for ‘pig’. The population of Calimera can still speak this old language which comes from the Greek.