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Palazzo Adriano: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Palermo, Sicilia. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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Palazzo Adriano, an Arbëreshë village in the Sicani mountains

Anyone who has seen Cinema Paradiso already knows the main square of Palazzo Adriano, where many of the film's scenes were shot. The village lies in the Sicani mountains, inland in the province of Palermo, and is an Arbëreshë community founded by Albanian refugees: the square has one church of the Latin rite and one of the Byzantine rite, and Albanian tradition still shows in festivals and family names.

It is a mountain and farming village, far from the big cities: Palermo and Agrigento are both more than an hour's drive. The centre is laid out around the square, with masonry houses on several floors, and outside the village there are pastures, fields and rural houses.

The population has fallen sharply: 1,765 residents in 2023, down 20.7% since 2011, or 462 fewer people. The average age is 49.7 against 44.7 in the province, and over-65s are 28.8%, against the provincial 22.8%. Households have 2.21 members on average. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Palazzo Adriano is in seismic zone 2, as are 80 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.092 g in the built-up area. For old houses in the centre, have the load-bearing walls, timber floors and roof checked. Winters at this altitude are cool (climate zone D).

The report for an address measures elevation and slope, checks the official landslide and flood maps and finds the plot on the cadastral maps of the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate).

Key points

  • Arbëreshë community in the Sicani mountains.
  • The square from Cinema Paradiso, with churches of two rites.
  • Population down 20.7% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.092 g.

Overview

Palazzo Adriano is a municipality in the province of Palermo, in Sicilia. At the end of 2023 it had 1,765 residents, ranked 64 of 82 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Palazzo Adriano is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (81 of 82) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.092 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Palazzo Adriano, the building matters a great deal: ask for the design year, whether it met the 2008 seismic standards, and whether any seismic retrofit has been carried out.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 20.7%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (45). 29% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 3.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Palazzo Adriano declared an average taxable income of 16,768 euros, below the provincial average (21,337 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Palazzo Adriano is in climate zone D, with 1,716 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 1 November to 15 April, for up to 12 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 696 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Palazzo Adriano has 4 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.7 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

We do not yet have open public transport timetables for this municipality: the report says so explicitly, without inventing distances.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 1.1% of the land in Palazzo Adriano, compared with 5.7% in the province and 6.6% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is medium. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.

Official databases list no contaminated sites in Palazzo Adriano.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Palazzo Adriano: the report checks the address against the ISPRA maps.

House prices

The Revenue Agency's price ranges per square metre (OMI) apply to zones, not to whole municipalities: the report gives the range for the address's zone.

Land registry

The cadastral maps for Palazzo Adriano are public: from the address the report finds the sheet and parcel number.

Liveability area by area

The Vicinalia liveability index runs from 0 to 100 and looks at the place, not the people who live there: services within walking distance, transport, green space, natural hazards, air, quiet, buildings and connection. Here it is worked out at the centre of each of the 21 inhabited census areas in Palazzo Adriano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 74 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 37.3%
  • good 62.7%

Vicinalia index by census area, licence CC BY-SA 4.0. Data: IdroGEO ISPRA (2026), Istat, INGV, EEA, AGCOM, Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.

The colour is the value at the centre of the area. For an exact address, search for it above: the free check looks at that exact point. How the index is worked out

Data sources

ISTAT code 082052. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.