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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.
The city was incorporated in 2001 as "Vedic City" but then officially changed its name to "Maharishi Vedic City" five months later. It was the first city to incorporate in Iowa since 1982. [4] Maharishi Vedic City consists of approximately one square mile, located about four miles north of Fairfield, the home of Maharishi University of ...
It housed two long-time businesses and its significance highlights the commercial development of the city's public square. [2] The building is a three-story, brick, Queen Anne commercial building that was built by Ed Hunt and E. A. Howard on the north side of the town square in 1892.
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 ...
Iowa Highway 1 runs from north to south through Fairfield, leading north to Iowa City and south to the Missouri state border. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 6.42 square miles (16.63 km 2 ), of which 6.26 square miles (16.21 km 2 ) are land and 0.16 square miles (0.41 km 2 ) are water.
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 first known Jews in Alessandria, named Abraham (son of Joseph Vitale de Sacerdoti Cohen) opened a loan bank in or about 1490. [9] In 1590, the Jews were expelled from the Duchy of Milan, and one of Abraham's descendants travelled to Madrid, which ruled the Duchy and was permitted to stay in the town due to a large sum owed him by the ...