centro storico, collinare, di crinale, Ciminà, Kymina (deominazione in dialetto greco-calabro)

On the ridge of a Calabrian hill, Ciminà, also known by its Greek-Calabrian name, Kymina, keeps its ancient form intact. This is a borgo of the Magna Graecia tradition, though its present layout owes more to the 15th century, when oral history says it was founded as a refuge from Turkish pirate raids. The village shows no modern sprawl; instead, it remains a tight knot of alleys, passageways and staircases, all crowned by a weathered calvary. Above, the rooftops are a sea of curved tiles, the local ceramide. The main route runs along the crest, connecting to the Cirella road, while the original core clusters around via Crocevia. Ciminà passed to the Condojanni counts in 1480, became a proper comune in 1806, and was shaken by the earthquakes of 1783 and 1908. It survived, and its silence now is the quiet of a place that has seen enough.

Description via source. Coordinates and heritage data from the Atika atlas.