Place: Agrigento, Italy
Weather: Partly cloudy, 47/64F.
Route: From Villa Romana del Casale 96 km west on SS560 and SS640.
Significance: First founded by the Greeks in 6th century BC, it was also ruled by the Carthaginians and the Romans. There are still standing Doric columns from the Greek period.Website: UNESCO World Heritage Site
Video:
Ruins of Greek Temple on ridge (from whc.unesco.org)Greek amphitheater (from whc.unesco.org)
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