Agrigento (Italian: [aɡriˈdʒɛnto] ; Sicilian: Girgenti [dʒɪɾˈdʒɛndɪ] or Giurgenti [dʒʊɾˈdʒɛndɪ]) is a city on the southern coast of Sicily, Italy and...
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The province of Agrigento (Italian: provincia di Agrigento; Sicilian: pruvincia di Girgenti) is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily, Italy...
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Ribera (Sicilian: Rivela) is a comune in the province of Agrigento, Region of Sicily, southern Italy, between the Verdura and Magazzolo valleys in the...
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temple of Magna Graecia in the Valle dei Templi (Valley of the Temples) in Agrigento (Greek: Ακραγας, Akragas) on the south coast of Sicily, Italy. It is the...
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Valle dei Templi (redirect from Archaeological Area of Agrigento)
di li Tempri), or Valley of the Temples, is an archaeological site in Agrigento (ancient Greek: Ακραγας, Akragas), Sicily. It is one of the most outstanding...
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Fortitudo Agrigento is an Italian professional basketball team, based in Agrigento, Sicily. Founded in 1969, the side plays in the second division Serie...
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San Leone (Santulì or Salleò in Agrigento dialect) is a seaside town and port South of Agrigento. It rises on the Akragas point, near the mouth of the...
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Ephebos (redirect from Agrigento Ephebe)
object belongs or belonged, or the site on which it was found (e.g. the Agrigento Ephebe). Bust of an ephebe, Roman copy, c. 420-400 BC Marble statue of...
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following is a list of the 43 municipalities (comuni) of the Province of Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. List of municipalities of Italy "Statistics". ISTAT (in...
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Agrigento Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Agrigento, Cattedrale Metropolitana di San Gerlando) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Agrigento, Sicily, dedicated...
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Zeus (or Olympeion; known in Italian as the Tempio di Giove Olimpico) in Agrigento, Sicily was the largest Doric temple ever constructed, although it was...
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Cuntrera-Caruana Mafia clan (10 mandamenti): Ribera Santa Elisabetta Agrigento Porto Empedocle Canicattì Cianciana Sambuca di Sicilia Casteltermini Palma...
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Temple of Juno Lacinia (Crotone) (redirect from Temple of Juno, Agrigento)
The Temple of Juno Lacinia (as a Roman goddess, originally Hera Lacinia) is a ruined ancient Greek temple at the heart of a sanctuary dedicated to Hera...
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Empedocles volcano, last erupted in 1831. It is located between the coast of Agrigento and the island of Pantelleria (which itself is a dormant volcano). From...
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supervised archaeological work in Sicily, restoring the Greek Temples of Agrigento. Alexander Hardcastle was born in London to a prosperous family. His parents...
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Baldassare Reina (category People from the Province of Agrigento)
1970 in San Giovanni Gemini, in the province of Agrigento. He entered the minor seminary of Agrigento in 1981 and studied philosophy and theology at the...
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Gerland of Agrigento (Italian: San Gerlando di Agrigento), also known as Gerland of Besançon (d. 25 February 1100) was a bishop of Agrigento in Sicily...
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Gentile (or Gentilis) (died 1171) was the bishop of Agrigento in Sicily from 1154 to his death. He has been described as a prélat aventureux et vagabond...
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is an Italian surname, deriving from the Sicilian name for the town of Agrigento in Sicily. Girgenti may refer to: Paolo Girgenti (c. 1769 – after 1800)...
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Phalaris (Greek: Φάλαρις) was the tyrant of Akragas (now Agrigento) in Sicily in Magna Graecia, from approximately 570 to 554 BC. Phalaris was renowned...
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municipalities in Sicily (as of January 2019): 43 in the Province of Agrigento 22 in the Province of Caltanissetta 58 in the Metropolitan City of Catania...
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Graecia in the ancient city of Akragas, located in the Valle dei Templi in Agrigento, Italy. The building, in the archaic Doric style, is found on what is...
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the island and lies between the provinces of Caltanissetta, Enna and Agrigento: The area is also known to geologists as the chalky-sulfur plateau. But...
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section of the ancient city of Agrigentum (ancient Greek Akragas, modern Agrigento) in Sicily. Its attribution to Hera derives from a misinterpretation of...
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as Neapolis ("New City", now Naples), Syrakousai (Syracuse), Akragas (Agrigento), Taras (Taranto), Rhegion (Reggio Calabria), and Kroton (Crotone). The...
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Gregory (559–630) was a Sicilian Christian prelate who served as Bishop of Agrigento from 590 until at least 603 and was a correspondent of Pope Gregory I...
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Favara, Sicily (redirect from Favara, Agrigento)
south central Sicily (Italy), in the province of Agrigento, 8 kilometres (5 mi) north-east of Agrigento by road, with which it forms a conurbation. Historically...
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The Archdiocese of Agrigento (Latin: Archidioecesis Agrigentina) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in...
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Juan de Castro (redirect from Cardinal of Agrigento)
Juan de Castro (1431–1506) (called the Cardinal of Agrigento) was a Spanish Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. Juan de Castro was born in Valencia on...
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Agrigento Airfield Agrigento Airfield was a military airfield in Sicily, just to the northwest of Agrigento; approximately 5 km northeast of Porto Empedocle...
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