The city of Scicli was founded by Siculus king of the Siculi, its name dates back to the second century BC when Marco Marcello founded it Scicli to establish a mint "Sicla" which was a Roman coin. For Gianbattisti Nicolosi Scicli would have arisen on the ruins of ancient Ina, a city described by Ptolemy, also mentioned in Cicero's "Verrine".We only know of Scicli that it was a city under Arab domination which called it "Siklah" which in Arabic means cliff. Under the Norman denomination Scicli became an important military center and was equipped with seven doors and four towers. Important is the castle called "Three Cantons" which is located on the highest point of the city.