TRAVEL AND TOUR PROPOSES: SELINUNTE EXCURSION
Selinunte was an ancient Greek city located on the southwest coast of Sicily, today it is the largest archaeological park in Europe. The ruins of the city are located on the territory of the municipality of Castelvetrano, in the southern part of the province of Trapani. In the archaeological site, on the Acropolis there are some Temples along with other secondary buildings, while other temples are located on a hill not far away. Selinunte the largest archaeological area in Europe. A treasure trove of history and culture to be discovered that attracts not only tourists and the curious, but researchers and scholars from all over the world. The name Selinunte derives from the Greek SèlinonSi, distinguishing three areas, the first, on the eastern hill, groups three great Temples, one of which was raised in 1957, the second, on the western hill and surrounded by walls, is the Acropolis, a north of which the city itself stood. To the west of the Acropolis, beyond the river Modione, there was another sacred area between them and sanctuaries, since it is not known for sure who the temples were dedicated to, the scholars have marked them with the letters of the alphabet. To complete the visit it would be desirable to visit the Cave di Cusa, from which come the blocks used to build the Temples, Oriental Temples. The first to appear in sight is the Temple E, recomposed in 1957. Dedicated to Hera, it dates back to the fifth century. B.C. and he had a complex plant. It was accessed from the eastern side through some steps that led, beyond the colonnade, to the pronaos, preceded by two columns of which only the capitals remained, on the ground, Acropolis, starting from the parking lot in front of the entrance to the Eastern Temples, continue until at the next parking lot. It stretched on a hill, beyond a depression called Gorgo Cottone, from the name of the river that once ran there and which housed, at the mouth, the port of the city, then buried. Walled since the Vl-V century B.C. followed the classic scheme of the Hippodamean City, with three arteries crossing at right angles, intersected in turn at 90 ° by smaller roads, the temples. Going up you can see the ruins of the Temple A. Inside, in the entrance wall to the naos, there were two spiral staircases, the oldest so far known. However, the ruins are dominated by the 14 of the 17 columns of Temple C, raised in 1925. Probably dedicated to Apollo or to Heracles. It is the most ancient of the Temples of Selinunte VI sec. B.C. The fortifications, going along the major decumanus one reaches, at the end, the curtain wall that encircled the Acropolis. What we see today is the fortification following the destruction of 409, Sanctuary of the Malophoros. To reach it, follow the path that constitutes the continuation of the main line on the left of the major decumanus. The sanctuary erected in honor of Demetra Malophoros, Goddess of vegetation and therefore protector of the farmers, stood inside a precinct Sacro Temenos on the other bank of the river Modione, a seaport and emporium of the city, the archaeological area of Selinunte consists of ´Acropolis, from the Eastern Hill, from the Contrada Manuzza plateau, from the Sanctuary of Malophoros in the Gaggera district and from two Necropolises.
Spectacular to visit, not to be missed.
EXCURSION SELINUNTE: DEPARTURES FROM TRAPANI AND MARSALA € 230.00
EXCURSION FROM SAN VITO LO CAPO TO SELINUNTE € 290.00
INFO AERHEOLOGICAL PARK:
Entrance times: 9.00am - 6.00pm, exit before 7.00pm.
It is open every day from 9 to 18, including holidays.
Ticket price: Full € 6.00, reduced € 3.00
N.B. The price of the excursion to Selinunte indicated includes a number from 1 to 3 participants and not per person, are not included meals, tickets where foreseen and any tourist guides. Total duration Excursion about 4 hours departing from Trapani, Excursion to Selinunte starting from San Vito Lo Capo lasted about 6 hours.
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