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During the night of 15 January 1968, a violent and massive earthquake devastated Santa
Margherita di Belice and the surrounding town in the Belice river area, forever changing the lifestyle of its inhabitants. A new town was built adjacent to the old town. Many of the damaged structures from the
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Afterwards with the arrival of the
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Girolano Corbera, Baron Antonio's nephew, to establish the new village, who named it Santa Margherita, with an ambitious architectural program, the most spectacular result of which was the
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In 1812 for about three months, Nicolo I hosted King
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civilization. It is only thanks to them in this area who made the foundations of the hamlet "Casale of Manzil-Sindi" (named after their leader, Muhammed-ibi-as-Sindi).
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Museum of the Memory, located in the remains of the former Mother Church. It houses historical photos about the Belice valley towns.
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