{"id":416,"count":15,"description":"Map of the main ancient sites in Sicily<\/strong> listed on sicile-sicilia.net: Greek, Roman or older, with the remains of sanctuaries, cities, necropolises and the main archaeological museums.\r\nIt is certainly the Valley of the Temples<\/a> that is the most spectacular site on the island, where on the ridge overlooking the coast several temples follow one another, near the remains of the ancient city of Akragas.\r\nTo the west of the island, one can discover the remains of two ancient abandoned Greek cities: Selinus<\/a> on the southern coast, and Segesta<\/a> to the north.\r\nOn the eastern side of Sicily, Syracuse<\/a> preserves substantial remains: on its island of Ortygia<\/a> and especially the archaeological park of Neapolis<\/a>.\r\nInland, one can discover the Roman villa of Casale<\/a>, a unique site thanks to its vast floors of very well preserved mosaics.\r\nSeveral ancient sites are also revealed in the Hyblaean Mountains, including the necropolises of Pantalica<\/a> of prehistoric origin with their thousands of tombs dug into the cliff faces.\r\nThere are many other ancient sites in Sicily, from the other cities of ancient origin (Akrai<\/a>, Tyndaris<\/a>), the Greco-Roman theatre of Taormina<\/a>, the scattered remains of Catania<\/a>, etc.\r\n\r\n[travelers-map height=400px max_cluster_radius=10 tags=antique]","link":"https:\/\/www.sicile-sicilia.net\/en\/tag\/ancient","name":"ancient","slug":"ancient","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"yoast_head":"\nancient Theme | Sicile-Sicilia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sicile-sicilia.net\/en\/tag\/ancient\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ancient Theme | Sicile-Sicilia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Map of the main ancient sites in Sicily listed on sicile-sicilia.net: Greek, Roman or older, with the remains of sanctuaries, cities, necropolises and the main archaeological museums. 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