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<< Our Photo Pages >> Panarea Capo Graciano - Ancient Village or Settlement in Italy in Sicily (Sicilia)

Submitted by AlexHunger on Sunday, 27 August 2006  Page Views: 6560

Multi-periodSite Name: Panarea Capo Graciano
Country: Italy
NOTE: This site is 43.37 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Sicily (Sicilia) Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Messina  Nearest Village: Panarea
Latitude: 38.626839N  Longitude: 15.058184E
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
2 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.
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
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Panarea Capo Graciano
Panarea Capo Graciano submitted by AlexHunger : Settlement at Capo Graciano on Panarea Island in Italy. This is part of the Aeolian islands just north of Sicilly. The settlement and it's round beehive dwellings dates back to 1300 BCE. Photo Courtesy of Jane Thompson. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village or Settlement in Sicily (Sicilia) Aeolian islands.

Remains of 1300 BCE Beehive huts on Panarea Island, Capo Graciano north of Sicilly.

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Panarea Capo Graciano
Panarea Capo Graciano submitted by AlexHunger : Settlement at Capo Graciano on Panarea Island in Italy. This is part of the Aeolian islands just north of Sicilly. The volcanic islands enjoyed great importance until the iron age as it was a source of the extremely useful obsedian which occurs naturaly from the volcanic output. It was vital until iron and steel could be made sharp enough for precision cutting. The settlement and it's round... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Panarea Capo Graciano
Panarea Capo Graciano submitted by AlexHunger : Settlement at Capo Graciano on Panarea Island in Italy. This is part of the Aeolian islands just north of Sicilly. The settlement and it's round beehive dwellings dates back to 1300 BCE. Photo Courtesy of Jane Thompson. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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