AgrigentoCanicattì.
The name, which comes from the Arabic al-Qatah, testifies to the existence of a fortification dating from the Muslim domination. A fief of the Palmeri farnily and then of the De Crescenzis, who enlarged the town in 1467, Canicattì finally belonged to the Bonanno family from 1507 to 1819.

Corso Umberto leads us to Piazza IV Novembre, where we can see the statue of Gioacchino La Lumìa, a venerated Capuchin Friar (d. 1905), the 16th c. Chiesa del Purgatorio and the Fountain of Neptune (17c.). Nearby are the remains of the Bonanno Castle and the 17th c. Clock Tower, which was rebuilt at the beginning of the 20th c. The Chiesa Madre, dedicated to St Pancras, was built in the 18th c., but it has been extensively altered: the façade (1908) is the work of Ernesto Basile. The church contains some good works: the Holy Family with St. Ann and St Joachim, by Pietro d'Asaro, and Our Lady of Sorrows, by Olivio Sozzi. In the baroque Chiesa dello Spirito Santo (1633), in Piazza Indipendenza, there is a statue of the Madonna, of the Gagini school (1643). In the Chiesa della Madonna della Rocca, adjacent to the Capuchin Convent, are the remains of Gioacchino La Lumìa, a statue of whom can be seen in Piazza IV Novembre.