Archeological Centuripe
How things change! Centuripe, today resting on a knoll, almost forgotten by the frenzy of modern society, was at one time one of the most important Sicilian cities, certainly in the Siceliota epoch...
Cassataro cave
Cassataro cave
Cassataro cave
Cassataro cave
n the Picone area, behind the river Simeto, is the grotto (covered) where there are a few carvings made by prehistoric Sicilians (5000 BC?). They are pictures in red ochre, among them: a human female figure as tall as roughly 20 cm with large arms and a short skirt, others, very stylized, with the arms up and clasped, a net (trap) with animals, a lizard … The covered area also contains some semicircle holes of who knows what caveman use.
n the Picone area, behind the river Simeto, is the grotto (covered) where there are a few carvings made by prehistoric Sicilians (5000 BC?). They are pictures in red ochre, among them: a human female figure as tall as roughly 20 cm with large arms and a short skirt, others, very stylized, with the arms up and clasped, a net (trap) with animals, a lizard … The covered area also contains some semicircle holes of who knows what caveman use.