Akragas/Agrigentum
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Valeria Vitale, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Jonathan Prag, R. Talbert, Ingrid Luo
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Last modified
Sep 16, 2023 08:50 AM
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History
Akragas/Agrigentum was an ancient city of Sicily and is now known as Agrigento. The Archaeological Area of Agrigento was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462086
37.290594, 13.585475
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- Akragas/Agrigentum connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
- Bouleuterion at Akragas/Agrigentum located at Akragas/Agrigentum (unspecified date range)
- Byzantine arcosolia located at Akragas/Agrigentum (unspecified date range)
- Ekklesiasterion at Akragas located at Akragas/Agrigentum (unspecified date range)
- Gymnasium at Akragas located at Akragas/Agrigentum (unspecified date range)
- Hellenistic and Roman quarter archaeological area located at Akragas/Agrigentum (unspecified date range)
- Heraclea Minoa part of (administrative) Akragas/Agrigentum (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Lower Agora located at Akragas/Agrigentum (unspecified date range)
- Necropoli Giambertoni located at Akragas/Agrigentum (unspecified date range)
- So-called Early Christian Basilica connection Akragas/Agrigentum (unspecified date range)
- So-called Grotta Fragapane connection Akragas/Agrigentum (unspecified date range)
- So-called Oratory of Phalaris connection Akragas/Agrigentum (unspecified date range)
- Temple of Concordia, Agrigento located at Akragas/Agrigentum (unspecified date range)
- Temple of Heracles located at Akragas/Agrigentum (550 BC - 330 BC)
- Temple of Juno (Hera Lacinia) located at Akragas/Agrigentum (unspecified date range)
- Tomb of Theron located at Akragas/Agrigentum (unspecified date range)
- Upper Agora at Akragas/Agrigentum located at Akragas/Agrigentum (unspecified date range)
- Valle dei Templi located at Akragas/Agrigentum (unspecified date range)
settlement
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 47 D4 Akragas/Agrigentum
- BMCR 2021.09.32
- BTCGI III, 66-128
- Cavalier 2019
- De Waele 1971
- Fiorentini 1996
- Hansen and Nielsen 2004 186-9
- Manni 1981 133-36
- New Pauly Acragas
- PECS (Perseus), AKRAGAS later AGRIGENTUM (Agrigento) Sicily
- RE Akragas 1 + Supplementband I (1903)
- Smith 1854 (Perseus), AGRIGENTUM
- The Akragas Dialogue
- ToposText Akragas (Sicily)
- WHL 831: Archaeological Area of Agrigento
- Wikipedia (English) Agrigento
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 47 D4 Akragas/Agrigentum
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Agrigento
R.J.A. Wilson, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Valeria Vitale, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Jonathan Prag, R. Talbert, and Ingrid Luo, 'Akragas/Agrigentum: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462086> [accessed: 18 September 2024]
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