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Agrigento

            Temple of Heracles, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy

The Temple of Heracles is the oldest temple of Agrigento. The first building was destroyed by an earthquake and reconstructed in the 5th century BC.

The ancient Agrigento, located on a plateau overlooking the Mediterranean Sea was one of the wealthiest  Greek colony of Magna Greacia. During the Punic wars Romans and Carthagians stormed the city several times.
Agrigento was a prosperous city of the Roman Empire with a huge Greek population.

After defeating the Carthagians, the Romans renamed Akragas to Agrigentum in 210 BC.
Thesaracens renamed it Kerkent in the Early Middle Ages. The Sicilians called it Grigenti until 1927 when Mussolini renamed it to the Italian version of its old Latin name.

Today it's a world heritage site of the UNESCO.

Taken by Praktica Bx20 analog camera.

Taken in: Italia / Sicilia / Agrigento (show map)

Taken on: September 14, 2009

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