Caltanissetta

Caltanissetta's origins can be traced back to 406 BC, when Carthagen troops established a fort at the site, later called Castra Nicia. After the Second Punic War, Castra Nicia came under Roman rule.

In AD 829, the city was occupied by the Saracens. The settlement was captured by the Normans in 1086. A charter was granted to the town in accordance with
Robert Guiskard´s son Roger Borsa's vast plan for the urbanisation of Sicily, and the urban plan that is still in evidence today was laid out.

After the Norman occupation the city was under the rule of the Hohenstaufen, the Anjou and the Aragonese kings. It was here that Frederick II of Sicily was proclaimed king.

The area is around agricultural. The company Averna, which produces Amaro among other things, has its headquarters here.


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