Palma di Montechiaro It built on a hill on a sandbar, not far from the capital of Agrigento.
The discovery of archaeological finds dating back to the second millennium B.C.. and the presence of numerous tombs sicane , show that in this territory, since ancient times, there were human settlements whose inhabitants were dedicated to agriculture and pastoralism.

The first act in the history of Palma, only in 1865 the city will be called Palma di Montechiaro, and the construction of the Chiaramonte Castle ( 1353), that stands on the coast halfway between Punta Bianca and the mouth of the river Palma, by Frederick Prefoglio that soon passed to the Chiaramonte, which he took its name.

The Castle is Montechechiaro now used for centuries as a sanctuary of the local Madonna, which is celebrated every Sunday after Easter, and called precisely the population, Madonna del Castello, although the official title is Maria Montis Claris and Mary Mother of Divine Mercy, given that his party coincides with that of Divine Mercy approved by Pope Giovanni Paolo II in 2000.

The founding of the city of Palma is dated 25 April 1637. The same document notes that found the city was Carlo Tomasi Caro after getting 16 January 1637 the ” pillaging license ” by King Philip IV.
The 3 May 1637 It was laid the first stone.

The first home of Tomasi in Palma is the Ducal Palace which in 1659 It was transformed into Benedictine Monastery to accommodate the daughters and wives of the Holy Duke. Next to the monastery there is the church of Maria Santissima del Rosario. Both fine example of Sicilian Baroque.

Another example of Sicilian Baroque is the mother church, with attached the Oratory of the Blessed Sacrament and the Most Holy Rosary Oratory, which it rises majestically on top of a long, wide staircase.

Between 1653 and the 1659 It was built Ducal Palace, after the first was incorporated from the Monastery of Benedictine.