Archaeological Areas - West of Sicily

Archaeological Areas

One of the places with the highest concentration of history.

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Western Sicily narrates millennia of history.

In fact, there are numerous exceptional archaeological areas of all historical periods that show us the importance of this area in Sicilian history. It has the greatest park in Europe, some of the most important Greek, Elymian and Phoenician settlements in the Mediterranean, in a landscape of unique charm.

Cave di Cusa

Campobello di Mazara
About 17 km northwest of Selinunte is the archaeological site of the Cave di Cusa, which is part of the Archaeological Park of Selinunte, precisely because these quarries are strongly linked to the an...

The Archaeological Park of Segesta

Calatafimi Segesta
A very important Elymian political centre together with Eryx (Erice), Segesta 's monumentality  is surrounded by a hilly Mediterranean landscape and panoramas of striking beauty. On the site, the i...

Archaeological Park of Selinunte

Castelvetrano
Due to its vast size and the density of residential areas, Selinunte has been described as a kind of “megalopolis of antiquity” Set in a magnificent landscape, where the blue of the sky joins the g...

Motya and the Museo G. Whitaker

Marsala
Many centuries ago, around the 8th century BC, the Phoenicians built a city that prospered for hundreds of years until the tyrant Dionysius I of Syracuse destroyed it. This city is Motya, the pearl of...

Roman Houses

Marettimo
The remains of a large building from the Roman era, a small white Byzantine church, a breathtaking view of the Mediterranean.  From the promontory of Punta Troia, following the path in a westerly d...