Siculiana

Siculiana is a city and comune inside the province of Agrigento, Sicily, southern Italy, 13 kilometers west of the provincial capital Agrigento. According to some historians, the call derives from the distortion of the Arabic Suq al Jani even as others agree with its origin stems from Suqu l Yuni or Supu l Yunani Market of the Greeks. The medieval hamlet of Siculiana become based in 1310 by Frederick II Chiaramonte, who built a fortress, components of which nonetheless exist today, at the ruins of the Arab citadel referred to as Kalat Sugul, which had been destroyed in 1087 all through the conquest of Sicily by way of Roger.

Siculiana thirteen kilometer long coast line is unspoiled and in the locality of Torre Salsa, a protected Regional Nature Reserve has been mounted because of its unique naturalistic and environmental hobby. Siculiana Marina is the beach extension of Siculiana it's miles a summer time motel on the Strait of Sicily, as soon as an vital prevent in the Mediterranean. The Port of Call of Siculiana Marina becomes historically an essential industrial emporium. The Caricatore Loading Dock became nonetheless lively as much as the stop of 19th century.