Cammarata is a comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Agrigento

Province of Agrigento

Agrigento is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. It has an area of 3,042 km², and a total population of 454,370...

 in the Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 region Sicily

Sicily

Sicily is a region of Italy, and is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Along with the surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature,...

, located about 60 km southeast of Palermo

Palermo

Palermo is a city in Southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old...

 and about 35 km north of Agrigento

Agrigento

Agrigento , is a city on the southern coast of Sicily, Italy, and capital of the province of Agrigento. It is renowned as the site of the ancient Greek city of Akragas , one of the leading cities of Magna Graecia during the golden...

 on the eponymous mountain (1,578 m) in a territory rich of forests.

Cammarata borders the following municipalities: Acquaviva Platani

Acquaviva Platani

Acquaviva Platani is a hill town and comune in the province of Caltanissetta.The name of the town is derived from the numerous natural springs in the area. Until 1862, the town was called simply Acquaviva; the appositive Platani was added to distinguish it from the other three Italian towns named...

, Casteltermini

Casteltermini

Casteltermini is a comune in the Province of Agrigento in the Italian region Sicily, located about 70 km southeast of Palermo and about 25 km north of Agrigento....

, Castronovo di Sicilia

Castronovo di Sicilia

Castronovo di Sicilia is a comune in the Province of Palermo in the Italian region Sicily, located about 50 km southeast of Palermo.-External links:*...

, Mussomeli

Mussomeli

Mussomeli is a town and comune in the province of Caltanissetta, Sicily, Italy.-History:Mussomeli was founded in the 14th century by Manfredo III Chiaramonte with the name Manfredi, but later the current name, probable of Arab origin, was reimposed. In 1549 it became a county under the Lanza family...

, San Giovanni Gemini

San Giovanni Gemini

San Giovanni Gemini is a comune in the Province of Agrigento in the Italian region Sicily, located about 60 km southeast of Palermo and about 35 km north of Agrigento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 8,102 and an area of 26.3 km².San Giovanni Gemini borders the...

, Santo Stefano Quisquina

Santo Stefano Quisquina

Santo Stefano Quisquina is a comune in the Province of Agrigento in the Italian region Sicily, located about 60 km south of Palermo and about 35 km north of Agrigento...

, Vallelunga Pratameno

Vallelunga Pratameno

Vallelunga Pratameno is a comune in the Province of Caltanissetta in the Italian region Sicily, located about 60 km southeast of Palermo and about 30 km northwest of Caltanissetta...

, Villalba

Villalba (CL)

Villalba is a comune in the Province of Caltanissetta in the Italian region Sicily, located about 51 km northwest of Caltanissetta, about 98 km southeast of Palermo and 68 km from Agrigento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,852 and an area of 41.5 km²...

.

History

The name derives from the Greek Kàmara, meaning "vaulted room". The town is mentioned for the first time in 1141 in a document mentioning several Arabic localities, a sign that it was settled at least from the Islamic domination

History of Islam in southern Italy

The history of Islam in southern Italy begins with the Islamic conquest and subsequent rule of Sicily and Malta, a process that started in the 9th century. Islamic rule over Sicily was effective from 902, and the complete rule of the island lasted from 965 until 1061...

 of the island.

The county of Cammarata followed the history of Sicily under the Normans, the Hohenstaufen

Hohenstaufen

The House of Hohenstaufen was a dynasty of German kings in the High Middle Ages, lasting from 1138 to 1254. Three of these kings were also crowned Holy Roman Emperor. In 1194 the Hohenstaufens also became Kings of Sicily...

 and the War of the Vespers. In 1397 the count rebelled and the town was besieged by Bernardo Cabrera, general of king Martin II of Sicily

Martin I of Aragon

Martin of Aragon , called the Elder, the Humane, the Ecclesiastic, was the King of Aragon, Valencia, Sardinia, and Corsica and Count of Barcelona from 1396 and King of Sicily from 1409...

. Later it was a fief of the Abatellis.

External links

• www.comune.cammarata.ag.it/