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Pantalica

 


The troglodytes necropolis of Pantalica were registered to the Unesco world heritage.
The site is on ah high plate surrounded by canyons dug by two rivers : Anapo and Calcinara.

pantalica necropolis
Pantalica


The 5000 tombs dug in the rock are divided into several zones, each one corresponding to one epoch. Oldest go back to the XIIth BC.

In fact local populations, older than Sicules ones would have practiced this astonishing funerary habit.

Necropolis of Pantalica

 

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pantalicapantalica necropoli

 

   

 

 

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