Editing Alcamo (section)

=== Medieval age ===
[[File:Fontana araba (Alcamo) - Vista laterale.jpg|thumb|left|[[Arab fountain of Alcamo]]]]

Alcamo was divided into four hamlets named San Vito, San Leonardo, Sant'Ippolito and San Nicolò del Vauso.<ref>{{Harvard citation no brackets|Calia|Craparo|Baldassano Cataldo|1991|p= 4.}}</ref> but a series of  revolts between 1221 and 1243 led King [[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick II]] to move most of the population<ref>{{Harvard citation no brackets|Orlandi|1770|pp= 204–205.}}</ref> to a colony at [[Lucera]], while Christians from [[Bonifato]] came to inhabit the town. In this period the poet Ciullo or [[Cielo d'Alcamo]] was born.

In 1340 [[Raimondo Peralta]] acquired the feud and barony of Alcamo from [[Peter II of Aragon]].<ref name="trecc">[http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/alcamo_%28Enciclopedia_Italiana%29/ "Alcamo", Enciclopedia Italiana (1929)]</ref><ref name=Spu50>{{Harvard citation no brackets|San Martino De Spucches|Gregorio|2013|p= 50.}}</ref> Then the barony passed to his son [[Guglielmo Peralta Sclafani]], called "Guglielmone".<ref name=Spu50/> and afterwards to the Ventimiglia family (up to 1397), [[Giaimo de Prades]] (1407), the Cabrera family, the Speciale family, Pietro Balsamo prince of [[Roccafiorita]] (1618) and finally to [[Giuseppe Alvarez]] (1777).<ref name=trecc/>

In the 14th century Alcamo had several thousands of inhabitants<ref name=bell6>{{Harvard citation no brackets|Calia|Craparo|Baldassano Cataldo|1991|p= 6.}}</ref> and hundreds of them had immigrated from different parts of Sicily and Italy (in particular: [[Pisa]], [[Amalfi]], [[Bologna]], [[Calabria]], [[Liguria]]), and some also from Spain.<ref name=bell6/> During this period, [[Antonello da Messina]] moved to Alcamo for three years (around 1438–1441) in order to learn the [[Tanning (leather)|tanning]] techniques from the tanner master [[Guglielmo Adragna]] di Alcamo,<ref name=bell6/> in fact the town was an important pole of development for commerce and handicraft.<ref name=bell8>{{Harvard citation no brackets|Calia|Craparo|Baldassano Cataldo|1991|p= 8.}}</ref> In particular, it had a massive exchange of wheat and wine with the nearby towns<ref name=bell8/> and there were also expert artisans such as bakers, blacksmiths, tanners and weavers.<ref name=bell8/> During this century Alcamo was an important centre for wheat storage and sorting.<ref name=bell8/> In the same period the writer [[Giacomo Adragna]] transcribed the ''Commentarii in Persium'' and Pietro d'Alcamo many works from the library of San Martino.<ref name=bell14>{{Harvard citation no brackets|Calia|Craparo|Baldassano Cataldo|1991|p= 14.}}</ref>