Valle dei Templi
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archaeological site in Sicily, Italy
Key facts
- Location
- Agrigento , Province of Agrigento, Sicily, Italy
- Criteria
- Cultural: (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)
- Inscription
- 1997 (21st Session )
- Area
- 1,300 ha (3,200 acres)
- Buffer zone
- 1,869 ha (4,620 acres)
- Website
- www .parcovalledeitempli .it
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Has part
- Temple of the Olympian Zeus
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Agrigento
- Area
- 300000
- Employees
- 100
- Official website
- www.parcovalledeitempli.it
- Image
- Agrigento TemplesValley 0066.jpg
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- Commons category
- Archaeological Area of Agrigento
- topic's main category
- Category:Valle dei Templi
- Commons gallery
- Archeological Area of Agrigento
- culture
- Siceliotes
- phone number
- +39-0922-621657
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- fax number
- +39-0922-26438
- postal code
- 92100
- street address
- Via Strada Panoramica Dei Templi Ex Casa Sanfilippo, 92100 Agrigento
- Wi-Fi access
- gratis
- number of volunteers
- 12
- visitors per year
- 809934
- collection or exhibition size
- 2
- different from
- Akragas
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Encyclopedic overview
Akragas 406 a. Chr. n. The Valle dei Templi ( Italian: [ˈvalle dei ˈtɛmpli]; Sicilian: Vaddi di li Tempri), or Valley of the Temples, is an archaeological site in Agrigento (ancient Greek: Ακράγας, Akragas), Sicily. It is one of the most outstanding examples of ancient Greek art and architecture of Magna Graecia, and is one of the main attractions of Sicily. The term "valley" is a misnomer, the site being located on a ridge outside the town of Agrigento.
Since 1997, the entire area has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The archaeological and landscape park of the Valle dei Templi, with its 1300 hectares, is the largest archaeological park in Europe and the Mediterranean basin.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Valle dei Templi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.