Marsala
The site show a gate and two towers. See also a house with rooms and mosaics dated at III BC.
-Segesta
The most magnificent find is the Doric temple immersed in a green landscape
The ancient people of Segesta asked to Annibale to destroy their main enemy Selinunte
But the distruction reache also Segesta by Agatocle in IV BC. Under Roman dominance this village revived.
See also the theatre dated at III BC. Today it is active for the shows of ancient drama.
-Erice
Another amazing site where you can admire the old walls, medieval fortress called “Venere castle” and the ruins of an ancient sanctuary dedicated to Venere Ericina dated at V-IV BC.
-Gela
In Capo Soprano there are defensive walls preserved in the Archaeological Park.
They are 350 metres, but once were probably more than 3 Km
In the Park there are ruins of some buildings of VII BCMegara Hyblaea
Other to see are the thermal bath.
-Megara Hyblaea ruins dated at VIII BC. (Syracuse)
Here it is possible to see the ruins of the old walls of the village.
Inside the walls there are the ruins of two temples.
In the Agorà are visible the ruins of the ancient civilization
-Solunto (Palermo)
An ancient punic village founded in the IV BC.
The town plane is the classic Greek one of Ippodamo da Mileto
What to see
Here it is possbile to see the base of that once could be a termal bath.
Other thing is the Way that bring to Agorà, the main square of a Greek city
Ginnasio, an ancient patrician roman house
Casa di Leda is another patrician roman house
Agorà, the main Greek square
Old Greek Theatre
The ruins of the Odeon, a small theatre for music shows.
The ruins of a Roman Villa
-Cava d’ispica (in the Ragusa province).
Here you can enjoy a splendid natural landscape consisting in a mediterranean vegetation.
The pit consists in two parts:
-The north part between Modica and Ispica is called Larderia and it is the site of catacombs of IV-V BC. An interesting thing is the inscription of the Cavallino acefaleo.
Here it is possible seeing the traces of ancient habitations, but you can’t miss the amazing archaeological scenario of necropolis, the S.Maria church, two old habitation such as “Grotte Cadute” and “Castello”, S Nicola church of byzantine epoch that contains old frescos such as “San Nicola” and “Madonna col Bambino”. See also the ruins of the byzantine church of San Pancrati.
“Parco Forza” is the name of the second part of the pit.
The wonderful historical panorama will accompany you also in this site, where you can admire the Annunziata church that today preserves
sepulchre caves, and Scuderia Grotto. See also the rests of Marchionale palace.
Another interesting attraction is the visit of the Centoscale site, under river level, where many galleries are useful for water buildup.
-Syracuse
Syracuse is the most representative Greek colony.
What to see:
-Eurialo castle, built by Dionisio il Vecchio between the 402 and 397 BC. Ages ago this was a defensive building against carthaginian threat. The many other rulers brought about transformation to the castle.
-Greek Theatre, placed in the Temenite hill, a scenic historical demonstration of Greek civilization.
We have attestation of its existence before than V BC.
During roman epoch this wonderful attraction undergoed some transformation for typical roman shows.
-”La latomia del Paradiso” is a cave famous for its “Orecchio di Dionisio” grotto: a legend tells us that Dionisio locked his prisoners in, and from a hole in a high point of the cave he heard waht they said.
-Apollo temple. Attestation of the grandeur of Greek culture, during its long life undergoed the modification of the rules come in Sicily.
In fact this temple was modified in a byzantine church, arab mosque, and norman church.