Platani
The Platani, known in Ancient Greek as the Λύκος or Ἁλυκός, is a river in Sicily, Italy. It is the fifth longest in the island after Salso, Simeto, Belice, and Dittaino, with a course of 103 km, and the third for drainage basin with 1,785 km2, after the Simeto and Imera Meridionale.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Italy
- Also known as: “Plátani” and “Platani River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Heraclea Minoa and Riserva naturale Foce del Fiume Platani.
Heraclea Minoa
Photo: FredTC, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Heraclea Minoa is a coastal archaeological site and resort area in southern Sicily, Italy, in the province of Agrigento. It is best known for its ancient Greek ruins dramatically situated above a sweeping beach backed by pine forest.
Riserva naturale Foce del Fiume Platani
Nature reserve
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Riserva naturale Foce del Fiume Platani is a nature reserve.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Borgo Bonsignore and Seccagrande.
Seccagrande
Village
Photo: Figiu, Public domain.
Seccagrande is a village, which is situated 4½ km northwest of Platani.
Platani
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Sicily, Italy, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Platani” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بلاتاني”
- Asturian: “Ríu Platani”
- Catalan: “Platani”
- Cebuano: “Fiume Platani”
- Chinese: “普拉塔尼河”
- Chuvash: “Платани”
- Dutch: “Platani”
- Esperanto: “Platani”
- French: “Platani”
- German: “Platani”
- Hebrew: “פלטני”
- Irish: “Platani”
- Italian: “Platani”
- Japanese: “プラターニ川”
- Japanese: “プラティニ川”
- Japanese: “プランターニ川”
- Latin: “Halycus”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Platani”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Platani”
- Polish: “Platani”
- Russian: “Платани”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Platani”
- Sicilian: “Plàtani”
- Slovenian: “Platani”
- Spanish: “Platani”
- Ukrainian: “Платані”
- Venetian: “Fiume Platani”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Antiquarium di Eraclea Minoa and Capo Bianco.
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