 In the past it was an important mining centre, the only one in the province of Palermo where sulphur was excavated.On December 25, 1893, eleven people were killed in the Lercara Friddi massacre during the Fasci Siciliani uprising after a rally of peasants and sulphur miners that asked for the abolition of taxes and better working conditions.GRANDMA BELLINO'S COOKBOOK by Daniel Bellin Z ..