<< Our Photo Pages >> Cave di Cusa - Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry in Italy in Sicily (Sicilia)
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Multi-periodSite Name: Cave di CusaCountry: Italy
NOTE: This site is 11.863 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Sicily (Sicilia) Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Nearest Town: Campobello di Mazara Nearest Village: Baglio Ingham
Latitude: 37.619665N Longitude: 12.720186E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry in Sicily (Sicilia)
Cave di Cusa was an ancient stone quarry.
Until 490 BCE this quarry was used to cut out round blocks to build the temples at Selinunte.
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