Canicattì

Canicattì is a town and comune in the Province of Agrigento in the Italian region Sicily, located about 90 kilometres southeast of Palermo and about 34 kilometres east of Agrigento. In 2016, it had a population of 35,698.
The archaeological remains in the city and in the neighbourhood testify the presence of a settlement before the Roman age. The name of Canicattì is of Arabic origin, from خندق الطين Khandaq al-ṭīn, meaning 'clay ditch'. During the conquest of Sicily by the Normans, the local Muslim lord was besieged and defeated by baron Salvatore Palmieri , a follower of Roger I of Sicily: the latter, as reward, offered him a sword and the lordship over the fief. Under the Palmieri rule the Arab fortress was enlarged, becoming a true castle with a tower.

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