Archaeological site of Monte Saraceno
Monte Saraceno was the seat of an indigenous-Greek center in which there are attestations ranging from prehistory to the Hellenistic Greek age. The most ancient testimonies are found on the top terrace of the mountain, where some prehistoric huts are preserved, the primitive indigenous settlement that developed in the seventh century. BC and the remains of the Acropolis of the Greek city - built around the middle of the sixth century. BC- on which the sacred buildings and the city walls stood. In the median terrace below there are the remains of the inhabited area of the VIV century. BC while in the lower terrace of the mountain developed the inhabited area of the XNUMXth century. BC, organized with a regular urban plan. On the eastern and western slopes, outside the walls, were the two necropolises of the Greek city. The site also includes the two eastern necropolises, c.da Stornello and Poggio della
Tenutella - where numerous burials of the classical Greek and Hellenistic age have been found - and the western necropolis, near the western slopes of the mountain
Iron / Greek Age - VIII-III cent. B.C
Well subjected to archaeological constraint DA n. 10 of 27/03/1975; FROM n. 2784 of 12/12/1978; FROM n. 1322 of 4/07/1988 of PU; FROM n. 3494 of 27/12/1990 of ..
(Source text of survey form n.460 Landscape Plan of the Province of Agrigento - Archaeological Heritage)
Archaeological Heritage Sheets Landscape Plan of Agrigento
Card insertion: Ignazio Caloggero
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Photo: Municipality of Ravanusa
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