Selinunte
Selinunte is a district of the village Castelvetrano on the south coast of Sicily, Italy. It is most famous for the neighbouring ruins of the Greek city of Selinus in the archaeological park Selinunte. This park is a main tourist attraction in this region.Photo: WiDi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: city of Sicily
- Also known as: “Mint of Selinus”, “Parco Archeologico di Selinunte”, “Rovine di Selinunte”, and “Selinus”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest
Highlights include Temple E and Selinunte railway station.
Temple E
Temple
Photo: Urban, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Temple E at Selinus in Sicily is a Greek temple of Magna Graecia of the Doric order. It is found on the hill to the east of the city's acropolis. Temple E is also known as the Temple of Hera because an inscription found on a votive stela indicates that it was dedicated to Hera; however, some scholars argue that it must have been dedicated to Aphrodite on the basis of structural parallels.
Temple F
Temple
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Temple F at Selinus in Sicily is a Greek temple of Magna Graecia of the Doric order. It was probably dedicated to Dionysus or Athena and is one of the three temples on the East Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marinella di Selinunte and Triscina di Selinunte.
Marinella di Selinunte
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Marinella di Selinunte, also known as Marinella, is a southern Italian village and hamlet of Castelvetrano, a municipality in the Province of Trapani, Sicily.
Triscina di Selinunte
Village
Photo: Hans Suter, CC BY 2.0.
Trìscina, also known as Trìscina di Selinunte is a hamlet of Castelvetrano, Italian town in the province of Trapani, in Sicily. It counts 645 residents.
Selinunte
- Categories: Ancient Greek archaeological site, polis, archaeological park, museum of a public entity, tourism, archaeological site, and historic site
- Location: Castelvetrano, Trapani, Sicily, Italy, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.5889° or 37° 35′ 20″ northLongitude
12.8246° or 12° 49′ 28″ eastElevation
34 metres (112 feet)Operator
Soprintendenza ai Beni Culturali di TrapaniOpen location code
8F9JHRQF+GROpenStreetMap ID
way 45484477OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesGeoNames ID
2523164Wikidata ID
Q952173
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Ukrainian—“Selinunte” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Σελινοῦς”
- Arabic: “سيلينوس”
- Asturian: “Selinunte”
- Basque: “Selinonte”
- Bulgarian: “Селинунт”
- Catalan: “Selinunt”
- Catalan: “Selinunte”
- Chinese: “塞利农特”
- Czech: “Selínús”
- Dutch: “Archeologisch park Selinunte”
- Dutch: “Selinunte”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سيلينوس”
- Esperanto: “Selinunte”
- Finnish: “Selinus”
- French: “Selinonte”
- French: “Sélinonte”
- French: “Selinunte”
- German: “Selinunt”
- German: “Selinunte”
- German: “Selinus”
- Greek: “Σελινούντας Σικελίας”
- Greek: “Σελινούντας”
- Greek: “Σελινούς Σικελίας”
- Hebrew: “סלינונטה”
- Hungarian: “Szelinosz”
- Indonesian: “Selinunte”
- Irish: “Selinunte”
- Italian: “area archeologica di Selinunte”
- Italian: “Selinunte”
- Italian: “Selinus”
- Japanese: “セリヌス”
- Japanese: “セリヌンテ”
- Korean: “셀리눈테”
- Latin: “Selinus” (historical)
- Latvian: “Selinunte”
- Limburgan: “Selinunt”
- Lithuanian: “Selinuntas”
- Lithuanian: “Selinuntė”
- Macedonian: “Селинунте”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Selinos”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Selinunt”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Selinunte”
- Norwegian: “Selinunt”
- Norwegian: “Selinunte”
- Persian: “سلینونته”
- Polish: “Selinunt”
- Polish: “Selinuntum”
- Polish: “Selinus”
- Portuguese: “Selinunte”
- Romanian: “Selinunte”
- Russian: “Селинунт”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Selinunt”
- Sicilian: “Selinunti”
- Sicilian: “Silinunti”
- Slovenian: “Selinunt”
- Spanish: “Parque Arqueológico de Selinunte”
- Spanish: “Selinonte”
- Spanish: “Selinunte”
- Swedish: “Selinunte”
- Swedish: “Selinus”
- Tagalog: “Selinunte”
- Ukrainian: “Селінунт”
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