See also:

• GIRGENTI (anc. Agrigent'um, q.v.)

GIRGENTI (anc. Agrigent'um, q.v.)  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily, See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province which bears its name, and an episcopal see, on the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, 58 m . S. by E. of See also:

• PALERMO (Greek, Havopuos; Latin, Panhormus, Panormus)

Palermo See also:

• DIRECT

direct and 841 m. by See also:

• RAIL

rail . See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

Population (1901) 25,024 . The town is built on the western See also:

• SUMMIT

summit of the See also:

• RIDGE (a word. common to many Teutonic languages, meaning " back," whether of a man or an animal, cf. German Rucke)
• RIDGE, WILLIAM PETT (1864- )

ridge which formed the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern portion of the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient site; the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

street runs from E. to W. on the level, but the See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side streets are steep and narrow . The See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral occupies the highest point in the town; it was not founded till the 13th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, taking the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of the so-called See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple of See also:

• CONCORD
• CONCORD, BOOK OF (Liber Concordiae)

Concord . The campanile still preserves portions of its See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, but the interior has been modernized . In the See also:

• CHAPTER (a shortened form of chapiter, a word still used in architecture for a capital; derived from O. Fr. chapitre, Lat. capitellum, diminutive of caput, head)

chapter-See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house a 'famous See also:

• SARCOPHAGUS (Gr. vapsorg yos, literally " flesh-eating," from vapt, flesh, ¢ayeiv, to eat)

sarcophagus, with scenes illustrating the myth of See also:

• HIPPOLYTUS
• HIPPOLYTUS, THE CANONS OF

Hippolytus, is preserved . There are other scattered remains of 13th-century architecture in the town, while, in the centre of the ancient See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close to the so-called See also:

• ORATORY (Lat. oratorio, sc. ors; from orare, to speak or pray)

oratory of See also:

• PHALARIS

Phalaris, is the See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of S . Nicolo . A small museum in the town contains vases, terra-cottas, a few sculptures, &c . The See also:

• PORT

port of See also:

• GIRGENTI (anc. Agrigent'um, q.v.)

Girgenti, 5i m . S.W. by rail, now known as See also:

• PORTO

Porto Empedocle (population in 1901, 11,529), as the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal place of shipment for See also:

• SULPHUR

sulphur, the See also:

• MINING

mining See also:

• DISTRICT

district beginning immediately See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of Girgenti .

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