Morgantina
Sign in to savethumb|right|The Greek theater, the Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone, and the ekklesiasterion thumb|Plan thumb|right|Agora sanctuary dedicated to a chthonic deity; the sacred area is characterized by a cylindrical altar thumb|right|House of the Doric Capital, mosaic floor thumb|right|House of the tank arc
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Morgantina
- Ancient site.native_name
- Μοργάντιον / Μοργαντίνη
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Morgantia, Morgantium, Morgentia, Murgantia, Murgentia
- Ancient site.image
- Morgantina seen from western hill AvL.JPG
- Ancient site.caption
- View of Morgantina's Hellenistic agora. An Iron Age settlement was located on the Cittadella hilltop in the background. Mount Etna is seen in the distance.
- Ancient site.map_type
- Italy Sicily
- Ancient site.location
- Aidone, Province of Enna
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.epochs
- Late Bronze Age to Roman Republic
- Ancient site.excavations
- 1884, 1912, 1955–1963, 1966–1967, 1968–1972, 1978–present
- Ancient site.archaeologists
- Luigi Pappalardo, Paolo Orsi, Erik Sjöqvist, Richard Stillwell, Hubert L. Allen, William A. P. Child, Malcolm Bell III, Carla Antonaccio
- Ancient site.management
- Soprintendenza BB.CC.AA. di Enna
- Ancient site.website
- Area Archeologica Morgantina
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
14 sectionsContents
- History
- Excavation history
- Early work on Serra Orlando
- Princeton University
- Hubert Allen and the University of Illinois
- University of Virginia and Wesleyan University
- Looting and restitution of Morgantina artworks
- North Baths
- Bouleuterion
- Archaeological Museum of Aidone
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|right|The Greek theater, the Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone, and the ekklesiasterion thumb|Plan thumb|right|Agora sanctuary dedicated to a chthonic deity; the sacred area is characterized by a cylindrical altar thumb|right|House of the Doric Capital, mosaic floor thumb|right|House of the tank arc
Morgantina () is an archaeological site in east central Sicily, southern Italy. It is sixty kilometres from the coast of the Ionian Sea, in the province of Enna. The closest modern town is Aidone, two kilometres southwest of the site. The site consists of a two-kilometre-long ridge running southwest–northeast, known as Serra Orlando, and a neighbouring hill at the northeast called Cittadella. Morgantina was inhabited in several periods. The earliest major settlement was made at Cittadella and lasted from about 1000/900 to about 450 BCE. The other major settlement was located on Serra Orlando, and existed from about 450 BCE to about 50 CE in Magna Graecia. Morgantina has been the subject of archaeological investigation since the early 20th century.