Sciacca

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Sciacca (Italian and Sicilian: [ˈʃakka]; Ancient Greek: Θέρμαι, romanized: Thérmai; Latin: Thermae Selinuntinae, Thermae Selinuntiae, Thermae, Aquae Labrodes or Aquae Labodes) is a town and comune (municipality) in the province of Agrigento on the south-western coast of Sicily, Southern Italy. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea. The town was founded by the Sicani, an indigenous people of Sicily, in the 7th century BC. It has been known since ancient times for its thermal, sulfurous, and sodium-chloride waters. Throughout its history it has been dominated by different cultures and each period has left its mark on the city, enriching its historical heritage. Ancient Greeks legends attributed the discovery of the thermal baths to mythical figures, Hercules or Daedalus depending on the version. Later, the Christians attributed the discovery of the baths to Calogerus the Anchorite. The town reached its period of greatest splendor during the Norman rule, between the 11th and 12th centuries, when...

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