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Solunto

Soluntum or Solus was an ancient city on the coast of , near present-day in the comune of , . The site is a major tourist attraction.
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday—Saturday: 9:00 AM—5:30 PM
    Sunday: 9:00 AM—2:00 PM
  • Type: Park
  • Description: ancient city on the northern coast of Sicily
  • Also known as: “Parco Archeologico di Solunto” and “Soluntum”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Villa Palagonia and Bagheria railway station.

Historic building
Photo: Jpbazard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a patrician villa in , 15 km from , in , southern Italy. The villa itself, built from 1715 by the architect Tommaso Napoli with the help of Agatino Daidone, is one of the earliest examples of Sicilian Baroque.

Railway station
Photo: Nenea hartia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Archaeological site
Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an archaeological site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Porticello and Aspra.

Village
Photo: Dedda71, CC BY 3.0.
is a fishing port in , , located between and Cefalu. It is a frazione or village within the township of . The village is dominated by the remains of the Punic civilization city of Solunto, one of the first Phoenician trading posts established in .

Village
Photo: Jpbazard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in the comune of in the in , . The first traces of the town are thought to belong to the period of Arabic domination in Sicily, as it is suspected that the name comes from the Arabic حجر.

Village
Photo: Manuelarosi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village.

Solunto

Latitude
38.0931° or 38° 5′ 35″ north
Longitude
13.532° or 13° 31′ 55″ east
Open location code
8FCM3GVJ+6R
Open­Street­Map ID
way 53454891
Open­Street­Map feature
attraction=­historic
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q631432
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Ukrainian—“Solunto” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Σολοῦς”
  • Arabic: “سولونتوم”
  • Basque: “Solunte”
  • Bulgarian: “Солунт”
  • Catalan: “Solunt”
  • Dutch: “Solunto”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سولونتوم”
  • Esperanto: “Solunto”
  • French: “Solonte”
  • German: “Solunt”
  • Greek: “Σολούς”
  • Indonesian: “Soluntum”
  • Italian: “area archeologica e Antiquarium di Solunto”
  • Italian: “Solunto”
  • Italian: “zona archeologica”
  • Japanese: “ソルントゥム”
  • Latin: “Soluntum”
  • Persian: “سولونتوم”
  • Polish: “Soloeis”
  • Polish: “Solunto”
  • Polish: “Soluntum”
  • Polish: “Solus”
  • Russian: “Солунт”
  • Serbian: “Солунтум”
  • Slovenian: “Soluntum”
  • Spanish: “Solunte”
  • Ukrainian: “Солунт”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Solunto”. Photo: Codas, CC BY 4.0.