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Agrigento: places, stories and flavours

What to see, what people did here for a living, what ends up on the table — and the people born here.

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What to see

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Valle dei Templi (Valley of the Temples)

The Valle dei Templi, or Valley of the Temples, is an archaeological site in Agrigento, Sicily. It is one of the most outstanding examples of ancient Greek art …
Castles & ruins

tempio di Eracle (Temple of Hercules)

The Temple of Heracles or Temple of Hercules is an ancient Greek temple of Magna Graecia in the ancient city of Akragas, located in the Valle dei Templi in Agri…
Castles & ruins

Tempio di Giove Olimpico (Temple of Olimpic Jupiter)

The Temple of Olympian Zeus in Agrigento, Sicily was the largest Doric temple ever constructed, although it was never completed and now lies in ruins. It stands…
Churches

chiesa di San Nicola
Castles & ruins

Tempio della Concordia (Temple of Concordia)

The Temple of Concordia is an ancient Greek temple of Magna Graecia in the Valle dei Templi in Agrigento on the south coast of Sicily, Italy. It is the largest …
Museums & theatres

Museo archeologico regionale Pietro Griffo

Il Museo Archeologico Regionale “Pietro Griffo” è un museo che ha sede ad Agrigento. Possiede una ricca collezione di materiali archeologici provenienti dalla V…
Castles & ruins

Ekklesiasterion di Agrigento (Ekklesiasterion of Agrigento)
Castles & ruins

Tempio di Giunone (Temple of Juno (Hera Lacinia))
Churches

oratorio di Falaride
Museums & theatres

Museo diocesano di Agrigento (Diocesan Museum of Agrigento)
Castles & ruins

castello di Agrigento

The Castello di Agrigento, also known as the Castrum Agrigenti, is a ruined castle in Agrigento, Sicily. In the Middle Ages, it was one of the most important bu…
Churches

chiesa di San Nicola (San Nicola (Agrigento))

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On the table

Food & recipes

pistacchio di Raffadali

Il pistacchio di Raffadali è una varietà di pistacchio a Denominazione di origine protetta DOP. Il nome è legato al comune di Raffadali, poiché, oltre alla prod…
Food & recipes

Pescabivona (Pescabivona PGI)

La Pesca di Bivona, nota anche come Pescabivona o Montagnola, è una particolare varietà della specie Prunus persica prodotta a Bivona, comune italiano della pro…

Born here

Notable people

Empedocle (Empedocles)

Empedocles was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher and a native citizen of Akragas, a Greek city in Sicily. Empedocles' philosophy is known best for originating th…
Notable people

Luigi Pirandello

Luigi Pirandello was an Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer most noted for his plays. He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature "f…

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