The tale of this hamlet, established around 1700 by the fathers of the Jesuit Novitiate of Palermo, could begin with “Once upon a time…”. Having acquired agricultural lands near the territory of Partinico, a municipality in the province of the Sicilian capital, they built warehouses, farmhouses, a lookout tower, and – of course – a small church dedicated to Maria Santissima del Rosario.

Around the second half of the 18th century, Pope Clement XIV suppressed the Order of the Jesuits, and it wasn’t until 1814 that Pope Pius VII reinstated the Order. Meanwhile, the ownership of the lands transitioned to Henri d’Orleans, Duke of Aumale, a French nobleman who transformed the area into a production site for Moscatello dello Zucco wine.