Cammarata
Cammarata is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Agrigento in the Italian region Sicily, located about 60 km southeast of Palermo and about 35 km north of Agrigento on the eponymous mountain Mount Cammarata, which has an elevation 1578 m above sea level in a territory rich in forests. Cammarata borders the following municipalities: Acquaviva Platani, Casteltermini, Castronovo di Sicilia, Mussomeli, San Giovanni Gemini, Santo Stefano Quisquina, Vallelunga Pratameno, Villalba.
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• Name — Cammarata • Official Name — Comune di Cammarata • Region — Sicily • Province — Agrigento (AG) • Frazioni — Borgo Callea • Mayor — Giuseppe Mangiapane • Area Total Km2 — 192.46 • Population Total — 6269 • Population As Of — 30 April 2017 • Population Demonym — Cammaratesi • Elevation M — 682 • Saint — St. Nicholas of Bari • Day — December 6 • Postal Code — 92022 • Area Code — 0922
History
History
The name derives from the Greek Kàmara, meaning "vaulted room". King Roger I laid siege to Cammarata in 1087 and sold it to a relative Lucia d'Altavilla (or in English Lucy of Hauteville). She then assumed the title Dominae Camaratae or Lucy of Cammarata for the town she was given. The town is mentioned in 1141 in a document mentioning several Arabic localities, a sign that it was settled at least from the Islamic domination of the island. The county of Cammarata followed the history of Sicily under the Normans, the Hohenstaufen and the War of the Vespers. During the 14th and 15th centuries, the town supplied rock salt to nearby Palermo. In 1397 the count rebelled and the town was besieged by Bernardo Cabrera, general of king Martin II of Sicily. Later it was a fief of the Abatellis.
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- 1.All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
- 2.Bresc, Henri. A Companion to Medieval Palermo. 233–268. 2013. 978-90-04-25253-0.
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