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The ancient Camycus, the kingdom of the mythical Sican king Kòkalos, has been localized, possibly erroneously, in the territory of Caltabellotta, which has been inhabited since prehistoric times. Here stood the city of Triokala, the capital of the slaves during the Second Slaves' Revolt (104 -101 BC). In the Middle Ages the Arabs called it qal'at al-ballut (Rock of the Oak-trees). In 1336 the County of Caltabellotta was granted to Raimondo Peralta; later, after 1453, it was a fief of the De Lunas, the Moncadas and the Alvarez de Toledos.

In the centre of the town, in Piazza Umberto I, are the Town Hall on one side and on the other the Chiesa del Carmine, which was restored a few decades ago; it contains the Madonna delle Grazie (1534), a statue by Antonello Gagini. Approaching the oldest part of the town we come to the old Chiesa Matrice, Our Lady of the Assumption, which stands in a beautiful position overlooking the green valley; founded by Count Roger, its architecture is simple and geometric, with an exceptionally fine ogival portal. The interior was unfortunately extremely delapidated: in the year 2001, the church has been completely restored and reopened. The campanile, massive and isolated, is quadrangular. Further down, at the foot of the Gogala rock, is the Chiesa di Sant'Agostino, which is 14th c. in structure. The small side portal and the Gothic-style campanile still remain in the façade. It has a great baroque door; in the interior, in the second chapel on the left of the choir, there is a valuable painted terracotta group, very realistic, representing the Deposition, a work (1552) by the Ferraro family, who were artists originating from Giuliana, a town in the province of Palermo. Climbing a stairway cut out of the rock we reach the Castle, in a splendid position dominating the surrounding territory; founded by the Normans, it has been much altered over the centuries. It was in this castle, on 19 Apri1 1302, that the famous peace of Ca1tabellota was signed between Frederick II of Aragon and Charles of Valois, putting an end to the War of the Vespers and leaving Sicily under Aragonese dominion.