Fig Grotto
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Fig Grotto     

A2.1 Cave known as “Ru peri i ficu” or “S. Lucia”

Karst cavity with a plan divided into tunnels, galleries and environments, characterized by extensive archaeological deposits ranging, with chronological continuity from prehistory to the Byzantine age

It is located just north of the Calafarina cave, near it.

Bibliographic sources:

B. Ragonese, In the darkness of Calafarina, Noto 1968, pp. 63 ff. L. Guzzardi, B. Basile The Capo Pachino in antiquity. Extract from “Magna Grecia and the sea. Maritime history studies, Taranto 1996, pp194-198.

Area of ​​archaeological interest, art. 142 letter m) Legislative Decree 42/04

(Source text of survey form n.391 Landscape Plan of the Province of Syracuse - Archaeological Heritage)

Archaeological Heritage Sheets Landscape Plan of Syracuse

PRESS: Well cataloged but partially geolocated. We invite you to provide your contribution by providing us with useful information that will allow us to geo-locate the listed asset. See also "Cultural Heritage to be Geolocated"

Card insertion: Ignazio Caloggero

Information contributions: Web, Region of Sicily 

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