Archaeological Area and Regional Museum of Kamarina

The Regional Achaeological Museum of Kamarina is located near Scoglitti in the free municipal consortium of Ragusa (Sicily) and is made up of three pavilions and seven exhibition halls.

Archaeological site of Kamarina, among the most important in Sicily, constitutes a precious heritage of terrestrial and underwater archeology.

Kamarina, whose name according to Strabone means "Inhabited after much effort", was an important colony of Syracuse, built at the mouth of the Ippari river in the Province of Ragusa.

Of it today only ruins and important archaeological finds remain, mainly on the Cammarana hill in the territory of the municipality of Ragusa.

Situated on a hill, the acropolis today shows the remains of the Temple of Athena; at the southwestern end of the hill, between the temple of Athena Poliade and the port, lies the agora, whose excavations have not yet been completed.

The best preserved remains of the walls are, however, located below the hill of Heracles.

Map: Archaeological Area and Regional Museum of Kamarina