In the late part of the 7th century BC, the city of Selinunte was founded by colonists from the eastern Sicilian Greek colony of Megara Hyblea. Being the western-most Greek town in an area that was generally occupied by Carthaginian peoples, Selinunte faced a number of destructive episodes that finally ended in 409 BC. Carthage,…
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Northwestern Sicily’s Salt Flats
The salt flats of Trapani and Marsala (This one pictured is in Nubia.) can trace their origins back to the Phoenicians who colonized and developed the area starting around 700 B.C. The Phoenicians, who soon after became known as Carthaginians because of their establishment of Carthage (i.e. modern-day Tunisia), were master mariners, fisherman, and traders….
Doric column tops from Temple E, Selinunte; Constructed between 490-480 BC. #experiencesicily #sicily #sicilia #sizilien #magnagrecia #temple #ancientgreek #carthaginian #selinunte #architecture #architettura #doric #dorico #columns #colonne #siciliabedda #italy #italia #italien #sicilytourism #sicilytravel #ig_sicily #siciliaph #siciliafoto #fotosicilia #igerssicilia #instasicilia #ig_sicily #igfriends_sicilia #gf_italy
Temple E at Selinunte on Sicily’s southern coast was constructed between 490-480 BC. The temple is considered one of the finest examples of Doric architecture, as exemplified by these columns. #experiencesicily #magnagrecia #temple #ancientgreek #carthaginian #selinunte #architecture #architettura #doric #dorico #columns #colonne #sicily #sicilia #sizilien #siciliabedda #italy #italia #italien #sicily_tourism #sicilytourism #sicilytravel #sicily_travel #ig_sicily #siciliaph…
The Cleveland Museum of Art and the Getty Museum in LA partnered to bring 150 objects from ancient Sicily (from the 5th-3rd centuries BC) to the US. It will be in Cleveland until January 5. #sicily #sicily_travel #sicilia #sicily_tourism #italy #ig_sicily #italia #clevelandmuseum #gettymuseum #cleveland #ancient #ancientgreek #roman #ancientroman #carthaginian #museum
Selinunte was a colony built by the ancient Greeks on the south coast of Sicily starting c. 651 B.C.E. #sicily #sicily_travel #sicilia #sicily_tourism #italy #ig_sicily #selinunte #magnagrecia #temple #ancientgreek #carthaginian