Villa Zinna is a 17th-century
country estate located in the Zinnafondo / Zannafondo county in the Province of
Ragusa, Sicily
Ragusa (; ; ) is a city and ''comune'' in southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Ragusa, on the island of Sicily, with 73,778 inhabitants as of 2025. It is built on a wide limestone hill between two deep valleys, Cava San Leonardo ...
.
Formerly a property of the order of the Knights of Malta, it was then absorbed into the
Catholic Order of the Jesuits.
With the institution of the early Italian State in 1861, the
Italian government
The government of Italy is that of a democratic republic, established by the Italian constitution in 1948. It consists of Legislature, legislative, Executive (government), executive, and Judiciary, judicial subdivisions, as well as of a head of ...
negotiated with the Vatican State the concession, division and eventual sale of large church property to private Sicilian citizens.
Today the property serves as the center of operations for the IBLA GRAND PRIZE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS AND FESTIVAL.
Annually hundreds of musicians from all over the world join in public performances in
Ragusa Ibla during the month of July for the IBLA GRAND PRIZE.
The IBLA GRAND PRIZE was founded in 1992 on the occasion of the 500th year celebrations of the discovery of America and it celebrated its 27th anniversary in 2018.
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Province of Ragusa
Buildings and structures in the Province of Ragusa
Villas in Sicily