The Greek cities and building in Sicily

[Tiberio]

Siracusa founded by Greeks from Corinth in 734 a.C



Orecchio di Dionisio



Apollos Temple



Eurial Castle



Greek theatre

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Messina original first name Zancle, founded by the Messini of Peloponnese in 756 a.C



Panoramic view of the Strait, no greek building survivors today.

[Tiberio]

Naxos, modern Giardini-Naxos founded in 735 a.C by the greeks from Chalkida.

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Another colony of Chalkida, Lentini founded in 729 a.C.

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Agrigento, greek name Akragas, founded by the Cretans in 580 a.C.

[Sikeliot]

With the exception of deep inland, all of Sicily was eventually settled by Greeks, or taken over by other Greek settlements already founded.

[alfieb]

Ear of Dionysius may not have been made by Greeks or any humans. It's speculated that the cave may have been created by nature.

[Tiberio]

With the exception of deep inland, all of Sicily was eventually settled by Greeks, or taken over by other Greek settlements already founded.

Yes, you will have many surprises when I will post all the colonies in this thread.

[Tiberio]

Ear of Dionysius may not have been made by Greeks or any humans. It's speculated that the cave may have been created by nature.

Yes, it's the symbol of the Tyrant era of Sicily.

[Sikeliot]

Yes, you will have many surprises when I will post all the colonies in this thread.

The area around where my great grandmother was from (Carini, Palermo province) was originally inhabited by Sicanians, but then Greeks conquered the area, sold the Sicanians into slavery in Athens, and repopulated it.