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Archeology in Agrigento area

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Archeology in Agrigento area

Caltabellotta

Caltabellotta A very ancient city, which is immediately apparent just after entering, where there are 22 tombs and grottoes of prehistoric origin. The necropoli are all over and Caltabellotta is...

Eraclea Minoa

  Overlooking the African sea (the ancient name of this part of Mediterranean sea) here it is the ruins of Eraclea Minoa near the mouth of the river Halycus today called Platani. Another...

Gela

    A city of extraordinary importance from the past, and one of the most powerful of the Mediterranean Sea from the 6th century BC. Today its ruins are truly in tatters but over the...

Licata

Licata Phyntia, probably the name of the powerful Licata of the Greek epoch (4rth century BC) preserves traces of its glorious past (not only Siceliot) that are scattered around...

Meraviglie cave

This is an early Christian necropolis, 20 m long, and in the area of Canale close to Naro. It was used between the 4th and 6th centuries AD. Its surroundings have returned a bronze coin of Valentinian...

Mount Saraceno

Mount Saraceno On Monte Saraceno, close to Ravanusa, this was an indigenous center of the tenth century BC which was subsequently Hellenized. Three terraces were discovered up high. On the first...

Petra di Calathansuderj

Petra di Calathansuderj This spectacular limestone crag (70 m long by 40 m wide and 30 high) rises by itself and suddenly amidst the “calm” of the hills of this part of Sicily. It was the seat...

Serra Vito Soldano

Serra Vito Soldano Greek-Roman-Byzantine site (5th century – 4th century BC) that was located along the Katane-Enna-Agrigentum route and that perhaps corresponded to Corconiana, one of the...

Sicani mountains

The Sicani Mountains are a mountain range located in the south-central part of Sicily, between the provinces of Agrigento and Palermo. The area is characterized by hills of a clayey nature or sandy...

Temples valley

Temples valley This is the largest archaeological park in the world, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and one of the most beautiful places in Sicily, of course. The extraordinary nature of this...

Tomba di Cocalo

Tomba di Cocalo Cosi’ come Ducezio fu il re dei Siculi ad oriente, Cocalo fu quello dei Sicani, ad occidente, entrambe popolazioni pre-greche. La capitale del popolo sicano era Camico, che...