Kamarina
Kamarina is an ancient archaeological site on the southern coast of Sicily, near modern-day Scoglitti. Once a powerful Greek colony, it was founded by Syracuse in 599 BC and played a key role in the island's turbulent classical history.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: ancient city on the southern coast of Sicily
- Also known as: “Camarine”, “Camerina”, “Kamarina, Sicily”, and “カマリーナ (シチリア)”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Kamarina Regional Archaeological Museum and Chiesa di San Francesco di Paola.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Scoglitti.
Kamarina
- Categories: polis, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Ragusa, Ragusa, Sicily, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
36.8735° or 36° 52′ 25″ north
Longitude
14.4455° or 14° 26′ 44″ east
Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)
Open location code
8F8PVCFW+95
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Ukrainian—“Kamarina” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Καμαρίνη”
- Arabic: “كامارينا”
- Basque: “Camarina”
- Catalan: “Camarina”
- Chinese: “卡馬利納”
- Dutch: “Kamarina”
- Esperanto: “Kamarino”
- Finnish: “Kamarina”
- French: “Camarina”
- German: “Kamarina”
- Greek: “Καμάρινα Σικελίας”
- Greek: “Καμάρινα”
- Hebrew: “קמארינה”
- Hungarian: “Kamarína”
- Indonesian: “Kamarina, Sisilia”
- Indonesian: “Kamarina”
- Italian: “Camarina”
- Italian: “Kamarina”
- Japanese: “カマリナ”
- Korean: “카마리나”
- Latin: “Camarina”
- Latvian: “Kamarina”
- Polish: “Kamarina”
- Portuguese: “Camarina”
- Russian: “Камарина”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kamarina”
- Sicilian: “Kamarina”
- Slovenian: “Kamarina, Sicilija”
- Slovenian: “Kamarina”
- Spanish: “Camarina”
- Swedish: “Camarina”
- Ukrainian: “Камарина”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Forgia di Cammarana and Contrada Cammarana.
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