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<< Our Photo Pages >> Grotta dell'Uzzo - Cave or Rock Shelter in Italy in Sicily (Sicilia)

Submitted by KaiHofmann on Thursday, 03 March 2011  Page Views: 12973

Natural PlacesSite Name: Grotta dell'Uzzo
Country: Italy
NOTE: This site is 11.385 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Sicily (Sicilia) Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Castellammare del Golfo  Nearest Village: Castelluzzo
Latitude: 38.110095N  Longitude: 12.786513E
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 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.
3 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
4

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Grotta dell'Uzzo
Grotta dell'Uzzo submitted by torwen : The Grotta dell'Uzzo as seen from the coastal path coming from the North entrance. The building in front of the rock shelter is the Museum of Rural Life. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cave or Rock Shelter in Sicily (Sicilia)

This cave was one of the first settlements of humans on Sicily. Traces of palaeolithic humans (10,000 BCE) have been found.
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