Province of Agrigento

Agrigento rises on a ridge above the sea, its honey-hued buildings unfolding across the hills like a sunlit amphitheatre. Behind it, vineyards and almond groves stretch inland; below it, the ancient Valley of the Temples spills toward the coast in a sweep of Doric grandeur.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Valley of the Temples and Agrigento Centrale railway station.

Archaeological site
The Valle dei Templi, or , is an archaeological site in , Sicily. It is one of the most outstanding examples of ancient Greek art and architecture of Magna Graecia, and is one of the main attractions of Sicily.

Church
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is a Roman Catholic cathedral in , , dedicated to Saint Gerland. Founded in the 11th century, it was consecrated in 1099 as the seat of the restored bishop of Agrigento.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Porto Empedocle and Villaseta.

is a port town close to the city of , in the in , .

Village
is a village in , part of the municipality of , with a population of roughly 6,300. is situated 3½ km southwest of Province of Agrigento.

Province of Agrigento

Latitude
37.3208° or 37° 19′ 15″ north
Longitude
13.5888° or 13° 35′ 20″ east
Population
59,000
Elevation
227 metres (745 feet)
Open location code
8F9M8HCQ+8G
Geo­Names ID
6541860
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Province of Agrigento” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Provinca e Agrixhentos
  • Arabic: مقاطعة أغريجنتو
  • Aragonese: Provincia de Girgenti
  • Basque: Agrigentoko probintzia
  • Breton: Proviñs Agrigento
  • Bulgarian: Агридженто
  • Catalan: Província dAgrigent
  • Chinese: 阿格里真托省
  • Corsican: Agrigentu
  • Czech: Provincie Agrigento
  • Esperanto: Provinco Agrigento
  • Estonian: Agrigento provints
  • Finnish: Agrigenton maakunta
  • French: Province dAgrigente
  • Galician: Provincia de Agrigento
  • Georgian: აგრიჯენტოს პროვინცია
  • German: Provinz Agrigent
  • Greek: Αγκριτζέντο
  • Hebrew: אגריגנטו
  • Hungarian: Agrigento megye
  • Indonesian: Provinsi Agrigento
  • Italian: Agrigento
  • Italian: Comune di Agrigento
  • Italian: Provincia di Agrigento
  • Japanese: アグリジェント県
  • Javanese: Provinsi Agrigento
  • Kazakh: Агридженто
  • Korean: 아그리젠토 현
  • Ladino: Provinsia de Agrigento
  • Latin: Consortium Liberum Municipale Agrigentinum
  • Latvian: Agridžento province
  • Lithuanian: Agridžento provincija
  • Lombard: Pruvincia de Agrigento
  • Macedonian: Агриџенто
  • Malay: Wilayah Agrigento
  • Malayalam: അഗ്രിജന്തോ
  • Maltese: Provinċja ta Agrigento
  • Min Nan Chinese: Agrigento Séng
  • Mingrelian: აგრიჯენტო
  • Neapolitan: Pruvincia e Agrigento
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Provinsen Agrigento
  • Norwegian: Provinsen Agrigento
  • Occitan (post 1500): Província dAgrigent
  • Persian: استان آگریجنتو
  • Piemontese: Provincia dAgrigent
  • Polish: Prowincja Agrigento
  • Romanian: Provincia Agrigento
  • Russian: Агридженто
  • Scots: Province o Agrigento
  • Serbian: Агриђенто
  • Sicilian: Pruvincia di Girgenti
  • Spanish: Provincia de Agrigento
  • Thai: อากรีเจนโต
  • Turkish: Agrigento ili
  • Ukrainian: Агрідженто
  • Urdu: صوبہ آگریجنتو
  • Venetian: Provincia de Agrigento
  • Western Panjabi: ضلع ایگریگنٹو

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Agrigento Bassa and Museo Reg. L. Pirandello.

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Province of Agrigento”. Photo: Maroichi, CC BY-SA 3.0.