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GIRGENTI (anc. Agrigent'um, q.v.)

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 48 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GIRGENTI (anc. Agrigent'um, q.v.) , a See also:town of See also:Sicily, See also:capital of the See also:province which bears its name, and an episcopal see, on the See also:south See also:coast, 58 m. S. by E. of See also:Palermo See also:direct and 841 m. by See also:rail. See also:Population (1901) 25,024. The town is built on the western See also:summit of the See also:ridge which formed the See also:northern portion of the See also:ancient site; the See also:main See also:street runs from E. to W. on the level, but the See also:side streets are steep and narrow. The See also:cathedral occupies the highest point in the town; it was not founded till the 13th See also:century, taking the See also:place of the so-called See also:temple of See also:Concord. The campanile still preserves portions of its See also:original See also:architecture, but the interior has been modernized. In the See also:chapter-See also:house a 'famous See also:sarcophagus, with scenes illustrating the myth of See also: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, See also:close to the so-called See also:oratory of See also:Phalaris, is the See also:Norman See also:church of S. Nicolo. A small museum in the town contains vases, terra-cottas, a few sculptures, &c. The See also:port of Girgenti, 5i m.

S.W. by rail, now known as See also:

Porto Empedocle (population in 1901, 11,529), as the See also:principal place of shipment for See also:sulphur, the See also:mining See also:district beginning immediately See also:north of Girgenti. (T.

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