Agrigento founded as Akragas around 582 BC is located on a plateau overlooking Car Rental Sicily southern coast. The early site was founded by immediate descendants of Greeks from Rhodes and Crete.  Akragas flourished under Phalaris (570-554 BC), and developed further under Theron (488-471 BC), destroyed several times during the Punic Wars but always rebuilt.

Medieval Agrigento’s charm and character can be seen even today in the historical center of the city with the Romanesque Gothic cathedral, built during the fourteenth century and the thirteenth-century Church of San Nicola Keyman Insurance

Housed in the Valley of Temples are the ruins of numerous temples, necropolis, houses, streets, a small amphitheatre, as well as several auditoria and everything else one would expect to find in an ancient city www.mycriticalillnesscover.co.uk Though most of the temples at Agrigento are in ruins and several appear to have never even been completed, part of the Temple of Hera (Juno), built around 450 BC, is still intact. In far better condition, and at night the illuminated Temple of Concord built around 440 BC, is in far better condition and a sight to behold Keyman Insurance

Unlike the Byzantines and Saracens, the Normans recognizing Agrigento’s importance constructed beautiful churches in and around the city. The Valley of the Temples is surrounded by olive groves and almond orchards that render its ambience altogether natural and hosts the almond blossom festival held in February, a spectacular event full of folklore.

A day’s visit to the Valley of the Temples that has a fine archeological museum, sampling the local cuisine, will complete a memorable journey through history.

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