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GIRGENTI (anc. Agrigent'um, q.v.)

This article appears in Volume V12, Page 48 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: GEO-GNU
GIRGENTI (anc. Agrigent'um, q.v.) , a town of Sicily,
capital
  of the province which bears its name, and an episcopal see, on the
south
 
coast
 , 58 m. S. by E. of Palermo direct and 841 m. by rail. Population (1901) 25,024. The town is built on the western summit of the
ridge
  which formed the northern portion of the ancient site; the main street runs from E. to W. on the level, but the side streets are steep and narrow. The cathedral occupies the highest point in the town; it was not founded till the 13th century, taking the place of the so-called temple of Concord. The campanile still preserves portions of its
original
  architecture, but the interior has been modernized. In the chapter-
house
  a 'famous sarcophagus, with scenes illustrating the myth of Hippolytus, is preserved. There are other scattered remains of 13th-century architecture in the town, while, in the centre of the ancient city, close to the so-called oratory of Phalaris, is the Norman church of S. Nicolo. A small museum in the town contains vases, terra-cottas, a few sculptures, &c. The port of Girgenti, 5i m. S.W. by rail, now known as
Porto
  Empedocle (population in 1901, 11,529), as the principal place of shipment for
sulphur
 , the mining
district
  beginning immediately north of Girgenti. (T. As.)


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