{"id":68227,"date":"2015-07-05T19:33:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-05T18:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sicile-sicilia.net\/?p=68227"},"modified":"2026-10-14T08:31:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T07:31:23","slug":"morgantina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sicile-sicilia.net\/en\/morgantina","title":{"rendered":"Morgantina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A few kilometres from Aidone<\/a> lies the archaeological site of Morgantina<\/strong>, the remains of an ancient city inhabited since the Bronze Age by indigenous peoples, then by the Sicels, the Greeks and the Romans. Besides the archaeological park, there are other areas covering nearly 3 kilometres and several hills.
The city controlled a vast agricultural territory, near the Gornalunga river, a tributary of the Simeto.
Substantial ruins remain from the Greek Hellenistic period, with its public buildings on the agora, the gymnasium, the sanctuaries, the Ekklesiasterion, the theatre, and houses decorated with mosaic floors and wall frescoes.
Substantial ruins remain from the Greek Hellenistic period, with its public buildings on the agora, the sanctuaries, the Ekklesiasterion, the theatre, and houses decorated with mosaic floors and wall frescoes.<\/p>\n

All the discoveries from the archaeological area of Morgantina are kept at the archaeological museum of Aidone<\/a> and span a period from the Iron Age to the first century BC.<\/p>\n\n\n