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Temple of the Dioscuri - Valle dei Templi - AgrigentumTemple of Castor and Pollux (Agrigento)Temple of ZeusTemple of Zeus (Agrigento)The so-called Tomb of Theron, Agrigentum [Akragas]Temple of Hercules (Agrigento)Temple of Hercules (Agrigento)Temple of Hercules (Agrigento)Temple of HerculesOratory PhalarisEkklesiasterionAgrigento Bouleuterion - Agrigento

Location:

  • Italy, Punta Grande
  • geo:37.290035,13.487767
  • Exact location

Period or year:

  • 1xx / unknown

Class:

  • Villa rustica
  • visible

Identifiers:

Annotations

Roman villa at Realmonte was discovered in 1907 during construction works for a local railway line. The baths with ornamental mosaics and a peristyle garden with a semicircular fountain with marble were unearthed at the beginning, In 1979-1985 some parts of the villa were unvovered by Japanese archaeologists The recent excavations directed by Dr. Davide Tanasi uncovered walls, floor levels, staircase and water channel.

See:

  1. Davide Tanasi, Elisa Bonacini, Domenica Gullì: 3D Imaging analysis and digital storytelling for promotion of cultural heritage: the school outreach project of Realmonte (Agrigento, Sicily), 2016

Typ/Type: Zivil - Villa - Villa Urbana / Civil - Villa

Provinz/Province: Italia

Adresse/Address: Via Nereo, Porto Empedocle, Italien

errichtet/built: 50
Untergang/Decline: ?

Siehe/See:


Nearby

Akragas, Acragas (3 km)

The Lighthouse

Castle of Arta (8 km)

Castle of Arta

Hephaisteion, Akragas (8 km)

Temple of Hephaestus - Temple of Vulcan - Hephaisteion - Hephesteum - Agrigento


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