 Monte Inici has been the site of numerous explorations and finds of fossils from the Middle Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous periods.In the classical age, Monte Inici was the site of the ancient Greek settlement of Inykon, not to be confused with the larger town of Inycum (Inykon in Greek) in the southwestern part of Sicily.In the 16th century Inici was a vast barony which included nine fiefs inside and belonged to the House of Sanclemente, a noble family from Trapani.