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ALCAMO

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 518 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ALCAMO  , a

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town of
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Sicily, in the
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province of
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Trapani, 24 M . W.S.W. of
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Palermo
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direct (51i M. by
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rail) . Pop . (1881) 37,497; (1901) 51,809 . It was founded in A.D . 828 by the Saracenic
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chief Al-Kamuk, who erected the
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castle (which still stands, though considerably altered), but was christianized by the
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emperor
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Frederick II. in 1233, who removed the site
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lower down . It possesses some
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medieval buildings of
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interest . The surrounding
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district is very fertile and the
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trade in agricultural prcMucts is considerable .

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