Megara Hyblaea
Megara Hyblaea – perhaps identical with Hybla Major – is an ancient Greek colony of Magna Graecia in Sicily, situated near Augusta on the east coast, 20 kilometres north-northwest of Syracuse, Italy, on the deep bay formed by the Xiphonian promontory.Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Marcellino railway halt and Catacombe del Mulinello.
Marcellino railway halt
Railway station
Photo: Uroboro1, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Marcellino railway halt is a railway station, which is situated 1 km north of Megara Hyblaea.
Catacombe del Mulinello
Archaeological site
Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Catacombe del Mulinello is an archaeological site, which is situated 4 km north of Megara Hyblaea.
Isola di Torre Avalos
Photo: Salvatore Cannizzaro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Isola di Torre Avalos is situated 4 km east of Megara Hyblaea.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brucoli and Marina di Melilli.
Brucoli
Village
Photo: Pannucci, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brucoli is a southern Italian hamlet of Augusta, a municipality part of the Province of Syracuse, Sicily. Brucoli is located by the Ionian Sea coast of the island of Sicily and is 6.25 kilometres from Augusta. Brucoli is situated 9 km north of Megara Hyblaea.
Marina di Melilli
Locality
Photo: Azotoliquido, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Marina di Melilli is a locality, which is situated 9 km south of Megara Hyblaea.
Villasmundo
Village
Photo: Azotoliquido, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Villasmundo is a southern Italian hamlet of Melilli, a municipality part of the Province of Syracuse, Sicily. Mellili is located and is 8.61 kilometres from Melilli, to which it belongs. It has a population of 3,008. Villasmundo is situated 10 km northwest of Megara Hyblaea.
Megara Hyblaea
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: city of ancient Sicily and Italian archaeological site
- Categories: Ancient Greek archaeological site, polis, archaeological park, museum of a public entity, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Augusta, Syracuse, Sicily, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
37.2038° or 37° 12′ 14″ northLongitude
15.18274° or 15° 10′ 58″ eastElevation
13 metres (43 feet)Open location code
8F9Q653M+G3OpenStreetMap ID
way 227706225OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Western Armenian—“Megara Hyblaea” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Τὰ Μέγαρα”
- Arabic: “ميغارا هيبلايا”
- Basque: “Megara Hiblea”
- Bavarian: “Megara Hyblaea”
- Catalan: “Mègara Hiblea”
- Chinese: “麥加拉”
- Chinese: “墨伽拉希布莱阿”
- Czech: “Megara Hyblaia”
- Czech: “Megara”
- Czech: “Μέγαρα Ὑβλαία”
- Dutch: “Megara Hyblaea”
- Finnish: “Megara Hyblaia”
- French: “Megara Hyblaea”
- German: “Megara Hyblaea”
- Greek: “Μέγαρα Υβλαία”
- Italian: “Megara Hyblaea”
- Italian: “Megara Hyblea”
- Italian: “Megara Iblea”
- Japanese: “メガラ・ヒュブラエア”
- Japanese: “メガラ・ヒュベアレア”
- Latvian: “Megāras Hiblaja”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Megara Hyblaea”
- Norwegian: “Megara Hyblaea”
- Polish: “Megara Hyblaja”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Megara Hibleja”
- Sicilian: “Megara Hyblaea”
- Slovenian: “Megara Hibleja”
- Spanish: “Mégara Hiblea”
- Spanish: “Megara Hyblaea”
- Swedish: “Megara Hyblaia”
- Ukrainian: “Мегара Хіблея”
- Western Armenian: “Մեղարա Իվլէա”
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