Capizzi

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Capizzi borders the following municipalities: Caronia, Cerami, Cesarò, Mistretta.

History

The origins of Capizzi are unclear, although certainly ancient. Capitium is mentioned by Cicero and Ptolemy, and appears from the former to have been a place of some importance. He mentions it in conjunction with Haluntium (modern San Marco d'Alunzio), Enguium (modern Gangi), and other towns in the northern part of the island, and Ptolemy enumerates it among the inland cities of Sicily. Its situation on the southern slope of the mountains of Caronia, about Template:Convert from the Tyrrhenian Sea, and the same distance from Gangi (Enguium), accords well with the ancient indications.[1]

References

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  1. Cicero, in Verr. iii. 4. 3; Ptoemy. iii. 4. § 12; Cluverius Sicil.