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CALTANISETTA

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 69 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CALTANISETTA  , a

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town and episcopal see of
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Sicily, the
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capital of a
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province of the same name, 6o m . S.E. of
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Palermo
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direct and 83 m. by
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rail, situated 1930 ft. above
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sea-level . Pop . (1901) 43,303 . The town is of Saracenic origin, as its name
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Kalat-al-Nisa, the "Ladies'
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Castle," indicates, and some ruins of the old castle (called Pietrarossa) still exist . Otherwise the town contains no buildings of
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artistic or
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historical
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interest, but it commands striking views . It is the centre of the Sicilian
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sulphur
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industry and the seat of a royal school of mines . Two
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miles
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east is the interesting
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Norman
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abbey of S . Spirito .

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