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: “Mint of Selinus”, “Parco Archeologico di Selinunte”, “Rovine di Selinunte”, and “Selinus”

Places of Interest

Highlights include 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. It is found on the hill to the east of the city's acropolis. 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.

Railway station
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Temple
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at Selinus in 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.

Village
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, also known as Marinella, is a southern village and hamlet of , a municipality in the , .

Village
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Trìscina, also known as Trìscina di Selinunte, is a hamlet of , Italian town in the province of , in . It counts 645 residents.

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”
  • 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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