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- ↑ "Tutte le fortificazioni della Provincia di Agrigento". mondimedievali.net (in Italian). Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ↑ "Informazioni su Camastra (Agrigento)". siciliainfesta.com (in Italian). Retrieved 22 August 2015.