Agirgento

Agirgento, is a city in the Istalian region of Silicia. The city can boast a long history which date back to the first selucians ancient settlers came in the istalian lands.

Ancient History
The city was founded in 587 BC by selucian settlers, the first of the ancient colonies of Selucia founded in the Istalian lands. Agirgento always gave great importance to its seniority status among the selucian colonies in Istalia and arose in prominence also as religious center of the ancient Religio Seluciana. In the city, due in fact to its important religious status, games contested by the league of the colonies were organized periodically. It was the colony in Istalia which maintained the closer relations with the selucian city from which came the first settlers, arosing in prominence also as trade center with the motherland. Agirgento, furthermore, growing under the sovereignty on the Island of the Qolshamin dominion, was among the first cities in Alaria to bacome indipendent when the ancient mainland's kingdom bagan ita decline.

Modern and recent history
At the end of the medieval period finally also Agirgentum, which fiercely had maintained its indipendence for centuries, like the many other selucian colonies to which the Augustan Empire recognized large authonomy, finally also the city fell under the growing influence of the Nicoman Kingdom from the south of the Island and then followed the fate of the Kingdom of Istalia.

Today the city is paet of Silicia and it is an important turistic attractive with its important archeological and artistic testimoniances of the ancient glories and today the local Museum of the Selucian Civilozation welcome every here millions of turists.

Government
The local form of government of the city follow the model of the mayor–council government system, with a mayor (Istalian: sindaco) elected by voters, and a unicameral council as the legislative branch (Istalian: Consiglio). To the mayor is given almost total administrative authority and a clear, wide range of political independence, with the power to appoint and dismiss department heads and furthermore he prepares and administers the city budget, although most part of the decisions must be approved by the council.