 Under the Palmieri rule the Arab fortress was enlarged, becoming a true castle with a tower.The Normans were followed by the Hohenstaufen and the French Angevines, in turn ousted by the Aragonese.In 1448 the fief of Canicattì was ceded by Antonio Palmieri, who was heirless, to his nephew Andrea De Crescenzio, who obtained by king John II of Aragon the "Licentia populandi", i.e.