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Agrigento Archaeological Museum

  Uno dei musei più importanti del mondo che conserva soprattutto i reperti dell’antica Akragas, potenza siceliota del V sec a.C. Di grandissimo impatto emotivo sono certamente la collezione...

Antiquarium di Monte Adranone

Housed inside the archaeological area of the same name, it preserves the finds of the homonymous Greek-Punic site (IV-V century BC) of Monte Adranone, including a series of prestigious bronze belts...

Antiquarium Iconografico of Capo Soprano

Located inside the archaeological park close to the imposing Timoleontee fortification walls, it displays photographs, ceramics, coins, ... found in the area. The photo shows a Tetradracma of Gela of...

Antiquarium of Eraclea Minoa

Si trova all’interno dell’omonima colonia siceliota e contiene reperti che vanno dal VI al I sec a.C.: vasi di ceramica e terracotta, monete di bronzo, metalli, utensili vari, sculture in pietra...

Belice river

The reserve extends between Marinella di Selinunte and the promontory of Porto Palo. It includes the terminal stretch of the Belice river and the characteristic dunes (small reliefs of sand carried...

Biviere di Gela lake

      Biviere di Gela is the largest coastal lake in Sicily, and one of the main “rest areas” of migratory birds. From a well equipped visitor center branches several...

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...

Cammarata mountain

The reserve is located between the provinces of Agrigento and Palermo. The area is comprised of hills with limestone rocks from the Mesozoic era such as Mount Gemini (1350 meters), Serra della...

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...

Gela Archaeological Museum

Gran bel museo che racconta soprattutto la storia della potentissima Gela (e immediati dintorni), città siceliota del V sec a.C. All’ingresso del museo fa bella mostra la statua di uno dei...

Home-museum Luigi Pirandello

It is the birth house of the famous Nobel Prize writer for literature, Luigi Pirandello. A Sicilian for which the Sicilians are proud! This romantic house is located in the Caos district, among olive...

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...

Linosa and Lampione islands

A few steps from the African Sea, this nature reserve is characterized by spectacular flora and fauna: red starfish, unpolluted sea depths full of life, invertebrates and brilliantly colored fauna. It...

Maccalube (Natural reserve)

These are active volcanoes emitting gas and mud, and sometimes assuming an explosive character. In various parts of Sicily, these phenomena exist, but these of Aragona are certainly the most...

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...

Museo Archeologico della Badia

La sede museale è il meraviglioso, cinquecentesco,  convento cistercense di Santa Maria del Soccorso o Badia. Dell’ex convento il museo occupa parte del piano terra e il chiostro. Il Museo...