Agrigento

Agrigento is an Italian town that is the capital of the free municipal consortium of Agrigento in Sicily.

Founded around 580 BC, Agrigento boasts a territory in which the various peoples who left their traces on the island settled.

Formerly the seat of indigenous peoples who maintained commercial relations with the Aegean and Mycenaean, the Agrigento area saw the rise of the Akragas polis (Ἀκράγας), founded by Geloi of Rhodian-Cretan origin.

It reached its peak in the fifth century BC, before the decline initiated by the war with Carthage.

During the Punic Wars it was conquered by the Romans, who latinized the name in Agrigentum.

Subsequently it fell under Arab rule, with the name of Kerkent, and in 1089 it was conquered by the Normans, who renamed it Girgenti, a name it kept until 1927 when it was renamed with the current toponym.

Until 1853 its territory also included the present-day municipality of Porto Empedocle.

It is known as the City of Temples for its expanse of Doric temples of the ancient Greek city located in the so-called Valley of the Temples, included, in 1997, among the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Map: Agrigento

vCard Info:

Address: Piazza Pirandello, 35
(AG) Sicilia
Latitude: 37.3110897
Longitude: 13.5765475
Site: https://www.comune.agrigento.i...

vCard created by: BBCC
Currently owned by: BBCC

Type: City
Function: Public place
Creation date:
Last update: 15/08/2021