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<< Text Pages >> Cossyra Ashtarte Sanctuary - Ancient Temple in Italy in Sicily (Sicilia)

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Roman, Greek and ClassicalSite Name: Cossyra Ashtarte Sanctuary
Country: Italy
NOTE: This site is 2.884 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Sicily (Sicilia) Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Pantelleria  Nearest Village: Pantelleria
Latitude: 36.817319N  Longitude: 11.984281E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
3

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Ancient Temple in Sicily (Sicilia)

Punic Temple of Ashtarte on the shore of a sacred lake, now called Lago di Venere, or Venu's lake, the Roman equivalent of Ashtarte.

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