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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 See also:

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

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