Al'camo, a quaint old town of Sicily, 52 miles SW. of Palermo by rail. Originally founded by the Saracens, it stood on the neighbouring Monte Bonifato (2713 feet), and long retained a Moslem population, who were driven out by the Emperor Frederick II. in 1233, when the new town was built at the foot of the hill. Pop. 37,697.
Al'camo,
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 129
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