Rocca of Cerere
The fortress of Cerere is separated from the Castello di Lombardia by an inlet called Contrada Santa Ninfa. In the early twentieth century the area was the subject of study and research by the Syracusan archaeologist Paul Bears, who carried out some excavations in the valley and near the Rocca where a pit tomb from the Hellenistic period was unearthed (III century BC), which rested on an ancient archaeological layer Bronze Age (2300-1600 B.C).
On the western side of the fortress there are some rock habitats, while on the southern side of the fortress there are several hypogea dug into the rock with the remains of a bell-shaped cistern from the Greek age (V- IV century BC)
The myth of Demeter - Ceres (Persephone) entered in the Register of Places and Identity of memory is linked to the place (Places of Myth and Legends)
In this regard, we invite you to read the sheet: The myth of Demeter - Ceres (Persephone)
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