Caltanissetta
We can't say too much about the origins of Caltanissetta, but surely it is not a town of recent origins because of the several installations of great archaeological interest that have been found all around the territory of Caltanissetta (Capodarso, Gibil Gabib, Sabucina, S.Anna, S. Giuliano). The first permanent installation ,a village of huts , was created around the fortress of Pietrarossa. The history of the town seems to have a beginning in 1087 because we have documents and chronicles issued at the above mentioned date. Later we have the foundation of Holy Spirit Abbey that became the Mother church of the town whose area was extended from Xiboli area to Pietrarossa castle. In 1100 landslides and floods oblige the inhabitants to built new houses in safer places, along the slopes of ST. Giuliano mountain. In 1392 tumults happened in town against the Jewish that had been allowed to build out of the walls (this area correspond to the area which is now called Provvidenza). Read more on comments..........
