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Its origins are ancient, though not known with absolute certainty: there was an Arab fortress here, it was a city of the royal domain under the Normans, and it was subsequently the fief of various overlords.

The Chiesa di San Giacomo, a vast and interesting church, contains a good statue of the Madonna del Soccorso, of the Gagini school. The mediaeval Chiesa Madre stands in Piazza del Plebiscito: the five ogival portal dates from 1234, while the facade was redone in the 19th c.