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So-called Grotta Fragapane

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Valeria Vitale

Contributors: Jonathan Prag, Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Sep 30, 2018 11:45 AM — History

A large and rich Early Christian necropolis on the Via Sacra in Agrigento, dated to the fourth century A.D.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/463738468

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.2901605, 13.5896872

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of the so-called Grotta Fragapane (AD 300 - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Grotta Fragapane (Italian, modern)
- Grotta Frangipane (Italian, modern)

So-called Grotta Fragapane makes connections with:

So-called Grotta Fragapane connection Akragas/Agrigentum (unspecified date range)

So-called Grotta Fragapane receives connections from:

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Place type:
catacomb, cemetery, necropolis

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Valeria Vitale, Jonathan Prag, and Jeffrey Becker, 'So-called Grotta Fragapane: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/463738468> [accessed: 22 April 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/463738468 |title=Places: 463738468 (So-called Grotta Fragapane) |author=Vitale, V. |accessdate=April 22, 2025 5:49 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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So-called Grotta Fragapane