Alcantara River
The Alcantara is a river in Sicily, Southern Italy. It rises on the south side of Monti Nebrodi and empties into the Ionian Sea at Capo Schiso in Giardini-Naxos.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Sicily, Italy, the ancient Akesines/Asines
- Also known as: “Acesines”, “Akesines”, “Alcantara”, and “Alcántara”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Alcantara railway station and Vignazza Tower.
Vignazza Tower
Photo: Jeanne boleyn, Public domain.
Vignazza Tower is a 16th-century coastal watchtower in Giardini Naxos, Sicily, southern Italy. Today, the tower is in good condition.
Castello Arabo Normanno di Calatabiano
Photo: Aidil5, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castello Arabo Normanno di Calatabiano is situated 3½ km northwest of Alcantara River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Naxos and Giardini Naxos.
Naxos
Neighborhood
Photo: Alun Salt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Naxos or Naxus was an ancient Greek city of Magna Graecia, presently situated in modern Giardini Naxos near Taormina on the east coast of Sicily. Much of the site has never been built on and parts have been excavated in recent years.
Giardini Naxos
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Giardini Naxos is a town in the Messina Province of Sicily. It lies on the east coast midway between Messina to the north and Catania to the south. Just above it is the mountain town of Taormina.
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia
Photo: Simone.tinella, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia is a city in the province of Catania on the north eastern slopes of Etna on the Ionian coast.
Alcantara River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Messina, Sicily, Italy, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Venetian—“Alcantara River” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἀκεσίνης”
- Arabic: “القنطرة”
- Arabic: “نهر القنطرة”
- Arabic: “نهر الكانتارا”
- Asturian: “Ríu Alcantara”
- Basque: “Alcantara”
- Catalan: “riu Alcantara”
- Catalan: “Riu Alcantara”
- Cebuano: “Fiume Alcantara”
- Chinese: “阿爾坎塔拉河”
- Chuvash: “Алькантара”
- Dutch: “Alcantara”
- Esperanto: “Alcantara”
- French: “Alcantara”
- Galician: “río Alcantara”
- German: “Alcantara”
- Irish: “Alcantara”
- Italian: “Alcantara”
- Japanese: “アルカンターラ川”
- Latin: “Acesines”
- Latin: “Asines”
- Lithuanian: “Alkantara”
- Persian: “آلکانتارا”
- Persian: “رودخانه آلکانتارا”
- Polish: “Akesines”
- Polish: “Alcantara”
- Portuguese: “Rio Alcântara”
- Russian: “Алькантара”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Alcantara”
- Sicilian: “Alcàntara”
- Spanish: “Alcantara”
- Spanish: “rio Alcantara”
- Spanish: “río Alcantara”
- Spanish: “Río Alcantara”
- Tajik: “Алкантара”
- Tajik: “Дарёи олконторо”
- Venetian: “Fiume Alcantara”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Porticato and San Marco.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Spiaggia San Marco and Alcantara.
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