Selinunte

Selinunte is a district of the village Castelvetrano on the south coast of , . 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.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: city of Sicily
  • Also known as: “area archeologica di Selinunte”, “Mint of Selinus”, “Parco Archeologico di Selinunte”, “Rovine di Selinunte”, “Selinos”, “Selinuntas”, “Selinunti”, “Selinuntum”, and “Σελινούς Σικελίας”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Temple E and Selinunte railway station.

Temple
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at Selinus in is a Greek temple of Magna Graecia of the Doric order.

Railway station
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Temple
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
at Selinus in is a Greek temple of Magna Graecia of the Doric order.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Marinella di Selinunte and Triscina di Selinunte.

Village
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, also known as Marinella…

Village
Photo: Hans Suter, CC BY 2.0.
Trìscina, also known as Trìscina di Selinunte…

Selinunte

Latitude
37.5889° or 37° 35′ 20″ north
Longitude
12.8246° or 12° 49′ 28″ east
Elevation
34 metres (112 feet)
Wheelchair access
yes
Operator
Soprintendenza ai Beni Culturali di Trapani
Open location code
8F9JHRQF+GR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 45484477
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
2523164
Wiki­data ID
Q952173
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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”
  • Chinese: “塞利农特”
  • Czech: “Selínús”
  • Dutch: “Archeologisch park Selinunte”
  • Dutch: “Selinunte”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سيلينوس”
  • Esperanto: “Selinunte”
  • Finnish: “Selinus”
  • French: “Sélinonte”
  • German: “Selinunt”
  • Greek: “Σελινούντας Σικελίας”
  • Greek: “Σελινούντας”
  • Hebrew: “סלינונטה”
  • Hungarian: “Szelinosz”
  • Indonesian: “Selinunte”
  • Irish: “Selinunte”
  • Italian: “Selinunte”
  • Japanese: “セリヌス”
  • Japanese: “セリヌンテ”
  • Korean: “셀리눈테”
  • Latin: “Selinus” (historical)
  • Latvian: “Selinunte”
  • Limburgan: “Selinunt”
  • Lithuanian: “Selinuntė”
  • Macedonian: “Селинунте”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Selinunte”
  • Norwegian: “Selinunt”
  • Norwegian: “Selinunte”
  • Persian: “سلینونته”
  • Polish: “Selinunt”
  • Portuguese: “Selinunte”
  • Romanian: “Selinunte”
  • Russian: “Селинунт”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Selinunt”
  • Sicilian: “Silinunti”
  • Slovenian: “Selinunt”
  • Spanish: “Parque Arqueológico de Selinunte”
  • Spanish: “Selinunte”
  • Swedish: “Selinus”
  • Tagalog: “Selinunte”
  • Ukrainian: “Селінунт”

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