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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 396 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SCIACCA , a See also:

town and episcopal see of See also:Sicily, on the S. See also:coast, in the See also:province of See also:Girgenti, 45 M. N.W. of Girgenti by road,and about 3o m. See also:direct. Pop. (1906) 24,645. It is surrounded by walls erected in 1400, and has two ruined castles, belonging to the See also:Luna and Perollo families, whose hereditary feuds lasted from 1410 to 1529, some See also:fine See also:medieval palaces, and several interesting churches. The See also:cathedral, founded in 1090, was largely reconstructed in 1686. The See also:convent of Sta. Maria delle Giummare, with its battlemented walls, occupies the former See also:palace of the Saracen See also:governors, and contains a See also:painting of the See also:foundation of the convent by See also:Count See also:Roger. The town has only an open roadstead. It has an important See also:trade in See also:coral. Three See also:miles E. of the town is the See also:Monte See also:San Calogero (the See also:ancient See also:Mons Cronius) with sulphurous and saline springs and vapour See also:baths, which are still frequented and were known in See also:Roman times as See also:Aquae Larodes or Therrnae Selinuntiae (Sciacca is about 15 M. direct S.E. of See also:Selinus). The name Sciacca is Arabic, but of uncertain meaning.

The town is the birthplace of Tommaso Fazello (1498–1570), the See also:

father of Sicilian See also:history.

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