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The Natural Reserve of the Belice river
is a real treasure of this land. The protected area that arrives up to where the river flows into the sea, hosts many animals and vegetation of great
biological importance. Characterized by the Mediterranean evergreen shrub, from the dunes and the mouth of the river, it is a place where the Caretta Caretta turtle spawns... |
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Selinunte is an ancient city,situated in the middle of the greatest Mediterranean archaeological park full of columns and colossal ruins of Greek temples and rests of the city. The excavation of Selinunte began in 1825 by two British architects, Harris and Angels, who discovered some of the metopes now located in the Regional Archaeological Museum in Palermo. Since then they have been continued almost Uninterruptedly and continues even today; considering the area, most part of the city still remains underground.
THE ACROPOLI
The city was inhabited since the foundation was destroyed by the Carthaginians. Recent excavations have bought to light the walls and a port.
The first itinerary of archaeological interest is the magnificent Temple G, on the eastern hill, built starting from the fifth century. A. C., this temple shows the remains of its cyclopean proportions: a perimeter of 113 x 54 metres and an area of 6000 square meters well. The temple G probably has a sacral nature (dedicated to the god Apollo), as well as the other two, E and F, Doric style, devoted respectively to Hera and Athena and Dionysus.
On the western hill, called the Gaggera, there is another complex: the sanctuary of Malophoros, with small religious statues women depicted with a pomegranate, and the temple M. This area hosts six smaller temples "the temple of small metopes (VII-sixth century. BC), C temple, decorated with floral ornaments, and D temple, also in Doric style.
The Acropolis and the city of Selinunte were closed by walls, of which still remains some circular towers,a square and the main door.
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Between the end of VI in the early fifth century a. C., the hilltop was enlarged with embankments, which was necessary to build the southeast corner that we see in the present ruins.On it are built various temples, as well as numerous public buildings or some connected with the cult ones: starting from the north,the D Temple, and at a short distance stands the Temple C, the most archaic temple:
it was built in the first half of the century;two altars were connected with the temple: one on the south-east part and the other at east, and on the forehead it was decorated with sculpted metopes, three of theme are now preserved in the archaeological regional Museum of Palermo, and the two pediments were decorated with a Medusa head in terracotta painted in large proportions. In 1925-26, fourteen columns of the north side were raised and rebuilt with part of the architrave. After follows the small temple B,of Hellenistic period (fourth century BC), perhaps dedicated to Empedocle.
 THE NECROPOLI
There are also many necropolis and, of course, numerous tombs: in them there were thousands of objects, including Greek vases and terracotta statues.Some have been found at five kilometres from the city so that it is probable that they were bought from some scholars that belonged to another city.
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