Chiesa dell'Assunta, Parish church in Nizza di Sicilia, Italy

The church of Santa Maria Assunta is the parish church of Nizza di Sicilia, set centrally along Via Umberto I between the historic Landro and Casapinta quarters. The first stone was blessed by the priest Parisi, and the building was completed after two years by master builder Concetto Elemich with other masons; the sculptor Antonio Calabrò designed and carved its architectural parts.

The cult of the Assumption was celebrated in Nizza di Sicilia from the second half of the 19th century, first as the Sagra di Treaire, a Ferragosto festival held near Landro. After landowners had the 1889 gathering banned, it moved to the bed of the Landro torrent, between the railway bridge and the beach. In early August 1890 a committee turned it into a festival of games and regattas with an altar to the Assumption, and the church was later built for the Landro and Casapinta districts.

The church maintains the traditional August 15 celebration of the Assumption of Mary, which developed from a 19th-century local festival. This event shapes the religious life of the community and brings people together each year.

The church stands on Via Umberto I, in the heart of the Landro and Casapinta districts, the historic quarter whose alleys and small houses recall the town's farming past. The August 15 feast is held along the bed of the Landro stream, between the railway bridge and the beach, where the first altar was set up in 1890.

The first church was blessed by a priest named Parisi and completed after two years by master builder Concetto Elemich, with other masons and the sculptor Antonio Calabrò, who designed and carved its architectural parts. The committee had bought the building plot in the Landro and Casapinta district beforehand.