Contrada Pezzino necropolis
Necropolis of the Greek age. The necropolis is probably the one mentioned by Diodorus Siculus (Diodorus Siculus Lib 13. 86, 1-4 during the attack by the Carthaginians (406 BC), where by order of Imilcone and Hannibal they were, to facilitate the attack on the city, sepulchral monuments demolished The necropolis has been systematically explored since 1980 by Prof. De Miro and the Superintendency of Agrigento.
For further information: Images of music in Akragas (VI-IV century BC) by Agela Bellia Edizioni Pastore Studies Center of Agrigento in collaboration with the Regional Department of Cultural Heritage and the Regional Province of Agrigento - 2003. Download the document: Pictures_of_music_ad_Akragas document freely downloadable from: http://amsacta.unibo.it/3343/1/Imphotos_della_musica_ad_Akragas.pdf
"Sicily on the Net" web area connected: Archaeological Area of Agrigento (Valley of the Temples) (1997)
Area recognized by UNESCO (Source Unesco.org)
Download map in pdf: IT-831-item28
The gates of Agrigento (Source Wikipedia)
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