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Alessandria della Rocca (Sicilian: Lisciànnira di la Rocca) is a comune and small agricultural town located in the northern part of the Province of Agrigento, west central Sicily, southern Italy. The remains of the 14th century Castello della Pietra d'Amico can be found about 5 km (3.1 mi) away from the town. [3]
The castle itself was built in the 14th century, and it probably consisted of a square tower and a rock-hewn silo. [3] In 1542, it was sold to Don Nicholas Barresi, who founded the municipality of Alessandria della Rocca. Part of the rock on which the castle was built collapsed over time, destroying most of the structure in the process.
Location of Sicily within Italy Provinces of Sicily. The following is a list of the municipalities of Sicily, Italy. [1] There are 390 municipalities in Sicily (as of January 2019): 43 in the Province of Agrigento; 22 in the Province of Caltanissetta; 58 in the Metropolitan City of Catania; 20 in the Province of Enna
During the years of the Risorgimento, Alessandria was an active centre of the liberals. In a suburb, Spinetta Marengo, the Battle of Marengo is reenacted annually, on 14 June. Alessandria was the first capital of an Italian province to be governed by a Socialist: the clockmaker Paolo Sacco was elected mayor on 25 July 1899.
The province of Agrigento (Italian: provincia di Agrigento; Sicilian: pruvincia di Girgenti) is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily, Italy, situated on its south-western coast. Following the suppression of the Sicilian provinces, it was replaced in 2015 by the Free Municipal Consortium of Agrigento (Italian: libero consorzio ...
Today's NYT Connections puzzle for Friday, January 17, 2025The New York Times
The Province of Alessandria, the Italian province with Alessandria as its capital; Alessandria del Carretto, a town in the province of Cosenza in Calabria; Alessandria della Rocca, a small agricultural town in Sicily; Alessandria (meteorite), a meteorite which fell in 1860 near Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy
The town also supplied a large portion of Italian immigrants to Jacksonville, another city in Florida. [ 3 ] Santo Stefano Quisquina stands at an altitude of 730 metres (2,400 ft) above sea level and borders the following municipalities: Alessandria della Rocca , Bivona , Cammarata , Casteltermini , Castronovo di Sicilia , San Biagio Platani .