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Encyclopedia Britannica



CALTAGIRONE

This article appears in Volume V05, Page 69 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: CAL-CAR
CALTAGIRONE , a city and episcopal see of the province of Catania,
Sicily
 , situated 1999 ft. above sea-level, 36 m. S.W. of Catania direct (55 M. by
rail
 ). Pop. (1881) 25,978; (1901) town 35,116; commune 45,956. It is well built, and is said to be the most civilized provincial town in
Sicily
 . Extensive Sicel cemeteries have been explored to the
north
  of the town (Not. Scavi, 1904, 65), and a
Greek
  necropolis of the 6th and 5th centuries B.C. has been found to the
south
 -
east
  (ibid. 132). Remains of buildings of Roman date have also been discovered; but the name of the ancient city which stood here is unknown. The present name is a corruption of the Saracen
Kalat
 -al-Girche (the
castle
  of Girche, the chieftain who fortified it).


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