Aci-realè, a town of Sicily, in the province of Catania, 50 miles SW. of Messina by rail. It lies on a bed of lava at the foot of Mount Etna, where the small river Aci (Acis) enters the sea. It is the see of a bishop, and has famous mineral wells and sea-bathing; and near it are spots associated with the myths of Acis and Galatea, and Polyphemus. The 22,500 inhabitants depend largely on agriculture, and on manufactures of pottery and leather.
Aci-realè
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 36
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