▁century ▁is ▁att ested ▁a ▁Jewish ▁community , ▁probably ▁older ▁and ▁particularly ▁consistent ▁in ▁this ▁area ▁of ▁the ▁Neb rod i , ▁confirm ing ▁that ▁Alc ara ▁was ▁a ▁commercial ▁and ▁economic ▁center . ▁The ▁community ▁would ▁have ▁disappeared ▁by ▁the ▁ 1 7 th ▁century ▁ ▁with ▁the ▁exp ulsion ▁of ▁all ▁Jews ▁from ▁Sic ily ▁not ▁converted . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 1 2 , ▁with ▁the ▁abol ition ▁of ▁the ▁constitu encies ▁which ▁had ▁up ▁till ▁then ▁divided ▁Sic ily ▁( Val ▁di ▁Not o , ▁Val ▁di ▁Maz ara , ▁and ▁Val ▁Dem one ), ▁it ▁took ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁Alc ara ▁" Li ▁F us i " ▁since ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁center ▁of ▁production ▁of ▁sp ind les ▁used ▁for ▁spin ning ▁( we aving ). ▁ ▁There ▁are ▁att ested ▁in ▁the ▁eigh teen ▁hundreds ▁different ▁variants ▁such ▁as ▁" Al care ▁de ▁f usa ", ▁" Al c ara ▁dei ▁fus i ", ▁" Al c ara ▁de ▁li ▁fus i ", ▁and ▁Alc ara ▁delle ▁F usa ". ▁ ▁Such ▁denomin ations ▁were ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁necessity ▁of ▁distingu ishing ▁this ▁inhab ited ▁center ▁from ▁another ▁" Al c ara " ▁or ▁" L ' Al c ara " ▁which ▁for ▁the ▁same ▁reason ▁took ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁L erc ara ▁Fr idd i . ▁ ▁On ▁May ▁ 1 7 , ▁ 1 8 6 0 , ▁at ▁Alc ara ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁pe asant ▁revol t ▁which ▁anticip ated ▁a ▁similar ▁and