Pizzo Cannita
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Jun 04, 2026 11:35 AM
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History
Pizzo Cannita is a hill in north-central Sicily (208 meters above sea level) that was the site of a settlement occupied from the sixth to the fourth centuries BCE. Activity at the site ceases in the 260s BCE, leading some scholars to suggest it was destroyed during the First Punic War.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462443
38.0691991, 13.4715454
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- OSM location of Pizzo Cannita (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Pizzo Cannita (Italian, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
- Pizzo Cannita part of (physical/topographic) Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
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settlement (fortified), hill
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 47 C2 Pizzo Cannita
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Pizzo Cannita, fortified settlement. Pizzo Cannita was the findspot of two anthropoid Punic sarcophagi, in 1695 and 1727, respectively. In addition to the evidence of a fifth-century BCE Punic necropolis, there is also a cult area sacred to Athena with ex votos bearing inscriptions in ancient Greek.
R.J.A. Wilson, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Pizzo Cannita: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462443> [accessed: 09 June 2026]
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