Ex Carcere San Vito FARM AGRIGENTO
Here, where everything seemed over, a new story began!
Building a new Community
The historic opening of Farm Cultural Park in the former San Vito Prison in Agrigento marks a new chapter in the city’s urban regeneration. Closed for over 30 years, the site has been transformed into a vibrant cultural hub for contemporary art, creativity, and social innovation. Granted in temporary use by the Agenzia del Demanio, the project aims to revive a symbolic space, enrich the local cultural landscape, and attract global creatives and visitors.
What to see
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Navalny Arena
No one is free as long as others are imprisoned for their ideas.
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Countless Cities Pavilions
Nazareth, Medellin and Haiti supported by Agrigento Capitale 2025.
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ETERE
Exhibition by Rudere Project e Yard44
Rebel Forest - Wild Horizons
Rebel Forest emerges within the former San Vito Prison, reopened to the public after thirty years. in this place, suspended in time, a spontaneous grove of Ailanthus Altissima—the "Tree of Heaven"—has taken root among the ruins.
Native to northern China, the Ailanthus is one of the most resilient plants on earth. As Stefano Mancuso writes, it is “capable of breaking through asphalt, of sprouting from a wall, of growing among ruins. A plant that shows us what it truly means to adapt, without asking for anything in return.”
As told in Betty Smith’s classic novel A Tree grows in Brooklyn, even in the most hostile urban outskirts, nature does not give up: it enters, expands, heals.
Rebel Forest is an invitation to reconsider what grows on the margins and to rethink regeneration as an alliance with the living world.
We hope this rebel forest will inspire the new inhabitants of the former prison to imagine change as a real possibility, and coexistence with nature as a path toward rediscovering care, freedom, and belonging.
New Inhabitants
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Laura, Giuliano and the Biomelograno Community
We are a small organic food shop; our products come directly from our garden, and our kitchen follows the organic philosophy.
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Federico, Ignazio and the Caffè San Pietro Community
We are a small Coffee Shop where culture and good taste come together.
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Roberto and his Litarature&Cities
An intellectual with a passion for literature and travel, he created for Farm Literature & Cities, a series that tells the stories of cities around the world starting from the books of local writers.
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Lorena, Antonio + Rudere Project + Yard44
Two communities of creatives and activists committed to regenerating abandoned places through art and culture.
Temporary use granted by Agenzia del Demanio
The urban regeneration project of the former San Vito Prison stems from the vision of the Agenzia del Demanio, which grants temporary use of abandoned state-owned properties to return them to the communities.
Visit Farm Agrigento
Step inside the former San Vito Prison and explore a unique cultural journey. With Countless Cities, travel from Nazareth’s stories of urban identity and cultural resistance, to Medellín’s transformation into a model of social urbanism, to Haiti’s cry against a forgotten humanitarian crisis. Walk through the site’s layered history — from monastery to prison to vibrant cultural centre — and witness how art and community can rewrite the meaning of a place. Outside, Rebel Forest welcomes you into a wild, self-grown landscape, a living symbol of resilience and renewal. One ticket, countless stories — don’t miss the chance to experience Farm Agrigento in full.
