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ADERNO
, a See also:town of the See also:province of See also:Catania, See also:Sicily, 22 M
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N.W. of the town of that name
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Pop
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(1901) 25,859
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It occupies the site of the See also:ancient Adranon, which took its name from Adranos, a See also:god probably of Phoenician origin, in See also:Roman times identified with See also:Vulcan, whose See also:chief See also:temple was situated here, and was guarded by a thousand huge gods; there are perhaps some substructures of this See also:building still extant outside the town
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The latter was founded about 400 B.C. by See also:Dionysius I.; very See also:fine remains of its walls are preserved
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For a See also:time it was the headquarters of See also:Timoleon, and it was the first town taken by the See also:Romans in the First Punic See also:War (263 B.C.)
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In the centre of the See also:modern town rises the See also:castle, built by See also:Roger I.; in the See also:chapel are frescoes representing his granddaughter, Adelasia, who founded the See also:convent of St See also:Lucia in 1157, taking the See also:veil
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