Arab fountain of Alcamo

In 1154, in a passage of the Book of Roger,[1] written by the Arab geographer Idrisi, the town of Alcamo was defined a manzil (that is a casale or group of houses) with fertile lands and a prosperous market.

[3] These casalia became then Christians, after the Arabs were expelled by Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor because of their rebellions.

Later the residential area concentrated around the Castle of the Counts of Modica; near the fountain they started the activity of pastoralism which led to the construction of an abreuvoir.

[5] The restoration works, completed in 2015, have given a greater valorisation of the characteristic road that, leaving from Piazza Ciullo, leads as far as the Sanctuary of Madonna of Miracles, where in May believers go there on pilgrimage to pray their patroness.

(gruppo di azione locale), aimed to the requalification of the cultural sites in the rural landscape of the territory of Alcamo (among which there are also the Cuba delle Rose and the holy aedicules), they could restore and valorize the site of the ancient Arab fountain; the planning was predisposed by the engineers of the municipality of Alcamo.