 The residents of Balestrate still call themselves "sicciaroti" - the "cuttlefish people" - in honour of the old name.The Spanish King Federico III of Aragon gave the territory of Balestrate to the town of Partinico in 1307.According to a local legend, a crossbow (“balestra”) was used to shoot an arrow from the water's edge, its landing point determining the border of the town's environs and giving its eventual name