translate English to French: 35 Km from GiucalemThe city's name derives from the Arabic "qal'at-al-ganom" ("Castle of the Genies"). It was inhabited since pre-historical times, as attested by the presence of two necropolis dating from the second millennium BCE and by numerous other archaeological findings.
Testimonianze monumentali della remota presenza umana nella zona, sono le necropoli preistoriche della Rocca, della Montagna, del Salvatorello, delle Pille e gli abitanti siculo-greci di S. Mauro, Altobrabdo, Piano Casazze e altri.