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Alcamo is the fourth largest city in the province of Trapani, in north-western Sicily, Italy. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... The Regions of Italy were granted a degree of regional autonomy in the 1948 constitution, which states that the constitutions role is: to recognize, protect and promote local autonomy, to ensure that services at the State level are as decentralized as possible, and to adapt the principles and laws... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian and Sicilian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,708 kmÂ² (9,926 sq. ... In Italy, a province (in Italian: provincia) is an administrative division of intermediate level between municipality (comune) and region (regione). ... Trapani (Italian: Provincia di Trapani) is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. ... December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, 21 days before the next year. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries not observing summer time Central European Time (CET) is one of the names of the time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Central European Time West Africa Time British Summer Time* Irish Summer Time* Western European Summer Time* Category: ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with ethnonym. ... Here are a list of area codes in Italy. ... June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 193 days remaining. ... Image File history File links Italy_Regions_220px_(including_Pelagie_Islands). ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... Torre della Colombaia Trapani (2004 population 67,456) is a city in the west coast of Sicily in Italy. ... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian and Sicilian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,708 kmÂ² (9,926 sq. ...

History

Alcamo was founded in 828 by the Muslim commander al-Kamuk (after whom it is named), though other sources date its origin to c. 972. The original Christian settlement, definitively abandoned in the 14th century, was located where remains of a tower and a water reservoir (Funtanazza) can be seen in the neighbourhood. Events Egbert became first King of England Alcamo was founded by the Muslim commander al-Kamuk. ...

The first document mentioning Alcamo is from 1154, a document by the Arab geographer Idrisi. Not many years later, ibn Jubayr describes the city as a beleda (town with mosques and a market). In the Middle Ages Alcamo was largely inhabited my Muslim people, who however became to decrease after the Norman conquest of Sicily, begun in 1060. A series of Arab revolt between 1221 and 1243 led King Frederick II to move much of the Arab population to a colony at Lucera, while Christians from Bonifato came to inhabit the city. In this period was born the famous poet Ciullo or Cielo d'Alcamo. King Stephen of England dies at Dover, and is succeeded by his adopted son Henry Plantagenet who becomes King Henry II of England, aged 21. ... Al-Idrisis world map from 1154. ... Ibn Jubayr (also Jabair, 1145-1217), Arabian geographer, was born in Valencia. ... Events May - The Norman leader Robert Guiscard conquers Taranto. ... // Events May 13 - End of the reign of Emperor Juntoku, emperor of Japan Emperor ChÅ«kyÅ briefly reigns over Japan Former Emperor Go-Toba leads an unsuccessful rebellion against the Kamakura Shogunate Emperor Go-Horikawa ascends to the throne of Japan January - Mongol Army under Jochi captures the city of... // Events Innocent IV was elected pope. ... Frederick II (December 26, 1194 â€“ December 13, 1250), of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was a pretender to the title of King of the Romans from 1212 and unopposed holder of that monarchy from 1215. ... Country Italy Region Puglia Province Foggia (FO) Mayor Elevation 250 m Area 338 kmÂ² Population - Total (as of 2005) 34,911 - Density 103/kmÂ² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Lucerini Dialing code 0881 Postal code 71036 Frazioni Regente, San Giusto Patron Santa Maria - Day August 15 Location of...

Several feudataries of the Kingdom of Naples succeeded in the rule of the city until, in 1618 Vittoria Colonna sold Alcamo to Pietro Balsamo, prince of Roccafiorita, for 2,000 scudi. The Kingdom of Naples was born out of the division of the Kingdom of Sicily after the Sicilian Vespers rebellion of 1282. ... Events March 8 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion (he soon rejects the idea after some initial calculations were made but on May 15 confirms the discovery). ... Vittoria Colonna, drawing by Michelangelo. ... The scudo was a coin used in Italy in past times, whose name derives from the French golden Ã©cu, created during the reign of Louis IX. From the 18th century, the name was used in Italy for large silver coins sporting the sovereigns insignas. ...

In the 14th century Alcamo had some 3,000 inhabitants. In the late 16th-century the population was decimated by a pestilence, but gradually recovered, increasing to 13,000 in 1798. Four years later the feaudality was abolished and the city became a direct royal possession. In 1829 a cholera plague killed again much of the population, a fate which repeated in 1918, this time due to the Spanish flu. This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ... A pestilence is an epidemic or even a pandemic of a virulent and highly contagious disease. ... 1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Cholera (frequently called Asiatic cholera or epidemic cholera) is a severe diarrheal disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Image:Spanish flu notice. ...

In 1860 a revolt broke out and numerous Alcamesi were protagonist of the unification of Italy, supporting and fighting under Garibaldi's expedition to southern Italy. The Allied troops entered Alcamo unharmed on July 21, 1943, freeing the city from Fascism. 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... Italian unification, also known as Risorgimento (resurrection), was a historical process by which the Kingdom of Sardinia (ruled by the Savoy dynasty with Turin as its capital) gradually conquered the Italian peninsula, including the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, the Duchy of Modena, the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, the Duchy... Garibaldi may refer to: People Giuseppe Garibaldi, an Italian and French revolutionary, and Anita Garibaldi, his wife; Michael Garibaldi, a fictional character in the television series Babylon 5; Garibaldi, a pop music group; Places Garibaldi, Oregon; Garibaldi, British Columbia; Mount Garibaldi; Garibaldi (city), Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil; Garbaldis... July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 163 days remaining. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Fascism is an authoritarian political ideology (generally tied to a mass movement) that considers individual and other societal interests inferior to the needs of the state, and seeks to forge a type of national unity, usually based on ethnic, religious, cultural, or racial attributes. ...

Main sights

The surrounding areas include interesting tourist and historical locations like Segesta and Gibellina. The old fishing village of Scopello, 20 km from Alcamo, has been referred to as having a remarkable seaside. Another village considered worth visiting is Castellammare del Golfo which is between these two places. The County Palace entrance, at the higher quarters of the old town. ... Giuseppe Serpota (1653-1719) was a Sicilian sculptor, the brother of the famous stucco sculptor Giacomo Serpotta (1652-1732). ... Guglielmo Borremans (1672 - ?) was a painter, born in Antwerp, who has been working and living for most of his life, in Italy, especially in Napels and Sicily, where he painted walls and roofs of several churches. ... Segesta was the political center of the Elymian people. ... Gibellina is a small city in the mountains of central Sicily, Italy. ... Country Italy Region Piedmont Province Province of Vercelli (VC) Mayor Elevation 659 m Area 18. ... View from a hillside to the port, the castle and the town Castellammare del Golfo is a town in the Trapani Province of Sicily. ...

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Country Italy Region Sicily Province Trapani (TP) Mayor Mario Poma (since May 27, 2003) Elevation 249 m Area 72 kmÂ² Population - Total 3,170 - Density 44/kmÂ² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Busetani Dialing code 0923 Postal code 91012 Patron Maria SS. del Carmelo - Day July 16 Location... Country Italy Region Sicily Province Trapani (TP) Mayor NicolÃ² Cristaldi (since May 28, 2002) Elevation 338 m Area 154 kmÂ² Population - Total (as of 2004) 7,423 - Density 48/kmÂ² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Calatafimesi Dialing code 0924 Postal code 91013 Frazioni Sasi Patron St. ... Campobello di Mazara is a Italian town in Sicily, part of the province of Trapani. ... View from a hillside to the port, the castle and the town Castellammare del Golfo is a town in the Trapani Province of Sicily. ... Country Italy Region Sicily Province Trapani (TP) Mayor Giovanni Pompeo (since December 10, 2001) Elevation 187 m Area 206 kmÂ² Population - Total (as of 2004) 30,369 - Density 132/kmÂ² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Castelvetranesi Dialing code 0924 Postal code 91022 Frazioni Triscina di Selinunte, Marinella di... Country Italy Region Sicily Province Trapani (TP) Mayor Alberto Santoro (since May 27, 2003) Elevation 186 m Area 69 kmÂ² Population - Total (as of December 31, 2004) 5,013 - Density 67/kmÂ² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Custonacesi, Custonacioti (Sicilian) Dialing code 0923 Postal code 91015 Patron Maria... Erice is a historical city in the mountains close to Trapani in Sicily, Italy. ... Favignana (Italian: Isola di Favignana) is an island and a commune of the Aegadian Islands. ... Gibellina is a small city in the mountains of central Sicily, Italy. ... Marsala is a seaport city located in the province of Trapani on the island of Sicily in Italy, of 77,784 inhabitants (2001). ... Mazara del Vallo is a town in South-Western Sicily, Italy, which lies mainly on the left bank at the mouth of the Mazaro river, administratively part of the province of Trapani. ... Country Italy Region Sicily Province Trapani (TP) Mayor Antonio Giuseppe Plaja (since June 10, 2003) Elevation 36 m Area 58 kmÂ² Population - Total (as of December 31, 2004) 11,110 - Density 189/kmÂ² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Pacecoti Dialing code 0923 Postal code 91027 Frazioni Dattilo, Nubia... Country Italy Region Sicily Province Trapani (TP) Mayor Salvatore Gabriele (since May 17, 2005) Elevation 5 m Area 83 kmÂ² Population - Total (as of December 31, 2004) 7,679 - Density 73/kmÂ² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Panteschi Dialing code 0923 Postal code 91017 Patron St. ... Country Italy Region Sicily Province Trapani (TP) Mayor Vincenzino Culicchia (since June 10, 2003) Elevation 414 m Area 82 kmÂ² Population - Total (as of December 31, 2004) 11,427 - Density 139/kmÂ² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Partannesi Dialing code 0924 Postal code 91028 Patron St. ... Country Italy Region Sicily Province Trapani (TP) Mayor Giacomo Licari (since May 27, 2003) Elevation 16 m Area 44 kmÂ² Population - Total (as of 2004 December 31) 7,458 - Density 164/kmÂ² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Petrosinesi Dialing code 0923 Postal code 91020 Patron St. ... Poggioreale is a small town in Sicily, Italy, set on the Belice valley, which administratively belongs to the province of Trapani. ... Country Italy Region Sicily Province Trapani (TP) Mayor Rosario Drago (since June 14, 2004) Elevation 171 m Area 41 kmÂ² Population - Total (as of 2001) 1,835 - Density 45/kmÂ² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Salaparutani, Salitani Dialing code 0924 Postal code 91020 Location of Salaparuta in Italy... Country Italy Region Sicily Province Trapani (TP) Mayor Biagio Mastrantoni (since June 10, 2003) Elevation 446 m Area 181 kmÂ² Population - Total (as of December 31, 2004) 11,436 - Density 64/kmÂ² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Salemitani Dialing code 0924 Postal code 91018 Patron St. ... Country Italy Region Sicily Province Trapani (TP) Mayor Giuseppe Peraino (since May 26, 2003) Elevation 6 m Area 59 kmÂ² Population - Total (as of December 31, 2004) 3,914 - Density 66/kmÂ² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Sanvitesi Dialing code 0923 Postal code 91010 Frazioni Castelluzzo, Macari Patron... Country Italy Region Sicily Province Trapani (TP) Mayor Giuseppe Lombardino (since May 27, 2003) Elevation 464 m Area 63 kmÂ² Population - Total (as of December 31, 2004) 5,074 - Density 81/kmÂ² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Ninfensi Dialing code 0924 Postal code 91029 Location of Santa Ninfa... Torre della Colombaia Trapani (2004 population 67,456) is a city in the west coast of Sicily in Italy. ... Country Italy Region Sicily Province Trapani (TP) Mayor Lucia Blunda (since May 27, 2003) Elevation 240 m Area 52 kmÂ² Population - Total (as of December 31, 2004) 11,544 - Density 218/kmÂ² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Valdericini Dialing code 0923 Postal code 91019 Frazioni Bonagia, SantAndrea... Vita is a town in inland South-Western Sicily, Italy, administratively part of the province of Trapani. ...

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