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<< Our Photo Pages >> The Anaktoron Palace - Ancient Palace in Italy in Sicily (Sicilia)

Submitted by motist on Wednesday, 17 April 2013  Page Views: 4377

Roman, Greek and ClassicalSite Name: The Anaktoron Palace Alternative Name: Pantalica
Country: Italy
NOTE: This site is 9.682 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Sicily (Sicilia) Type: Ancient Palace
Nearest Town: Ferla  Nearest Village: Sortino
Latitude: 37.134855N  Longitude: 15.025556E
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.
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
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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
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Ancient Palace in Sicily (Sicilia)

Date to the centuries between the ninth and eighth B.C. Of the ancient town are still visible the ruins of the megalithic royal palace, or Anaktoron (VIII century BC), at the midpoint of the plateau overlooking the valley, and the fortifications of Porta Pantalica.

The city was founded by indigenous pre-Greek populations coming from the coast and developed at the end of the Bronze Age and beginning of Iron Age. However, the name Pantalica is Byzantine (historical phase of which are preserved many vestiges: houses, tiny churches and oratories), while the ancient name is not revealed by the historical sources: according to some theories Pantalica could identify with the ancient Hybla, the main settlement of the area in the Pre-Greek period.


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