Canicatti (Agrigento Province) is 35 km. from Agrigento, alt. 465 m., in the upper Naro Valley, on the southern slopes of the Serra Bardaro, area 91.4 sq. km., pop. over 33,000, post-code 92024, tel. 0922. Economy: agriculture (grapes, olives, almonds), service industries.
The name, which comes from the Arabic al-Qatah, refers to a fortification dating from the Arab period. A fief of the Palmeri family and then of the De Crescenzis, who enlarged the town in 1467. Canicatti finally belonged to the Bonanno family from 1507 to 1819.
Of interest is the Bonanno Castle and the 17th century Clock Tower and Fountain of Neptune. In the suburb of Vito Soldano is an archaelogical site with Roman-Byzantine thermal baths and other buildings of the same period.
A Grape Festival is held here at the end of September or beginning of October.
Churches (Agrigento Diocese) include the following:
Families researched in those records include the following:
Links to other sites about Canicatti include:
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