Sicily: the largest agora in the world in Selinunte

Discovery most great agora of the world, is 33 thousand square meters. The place is Selinunte, an ancient Sicilian city. It seems to have been the holy place of the first Greek settlers. Very refined objects and amulets were also found. A stone mold used for casting a bronze scepter is added.

Archaeologists have identified the walls of a ritual enclosure dating back to 610 BC stone matrix useful for casting a bronze object that looks like a scepter. Subsequently, two objects were found. A amulet in the form of a hawk, depicting Horus, God of the sky, in Egyptian blue coming from Egypt. The other is a small statue of the one ivory mermaid definitely imported from Greece. Selinunte came to a terrible end, was set on fire by Hannibal. Buried for centuries, it has now been brought to light with great amazement. These are the recent discoveries of the excavation team led by archaeologist Clemente Marconi.

Results of the utmost importance for the knowledge of Selinunte in the Archaic and Classical times. Discoveries that shed new light on the fascinating and short history of this city and are announced in the Sicilian Park, the largest in Europe with its 270 hectares of nature and majestic ruins overlooking the sea, an intervention on the vegetation that has been studied by Istituto Germanico has just revealed the limits of the agora, with its enormous size and vaguely trapezoidal shape with the only monument in the middle, a gravemaybe the founder’s.

Clemente Marconi, archaeologist

An empty basin that impresses with its width and its dense mystery.

Felice Crescente, director of the Selinunte Archaeological Park

A space that gives the idea of ​​the splendor of this city and its extraordinary essence.

Alberto Samonà, Councilor for Culture