Solunto
Soluntum or Solus was an ancient city on the Tyrrhenian coast of Sicily, near present-day Porticello in the comune of Santa Flavia, Italy. The site is a major tourist attraction.- Opening hours:
Monday–Saturday: 9:00 AM–5:30 PM
Sunday: 9:00 AM–2:00 PM - Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: ancient city on the northern coast of Sicily
- Also known as: “area archeologica e Antiquarium di Solunto”, “Mint of Solus”, “Parco Archeologico di Solunto”, “Soloeis”, “Soluntum”, “Solus”, and “zona archeologica”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Villa Palagonia and Bagheria railway station.
Villa Palagonia
Historic building
The Villa Palagonia is a patrician villa in Bagheria, 15 km from Palermo, in Sicily, southern Italy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bagheria and Porticello.
Porticello
Village
Porticello is a fishing port in Sicily, Italy, located between Palermo and Cefalu.
Aspra
Village
Aspra is a town in the comune of Bagheria in the Province of Palermo in Sicily, Italy.
Solunto
- Categories: archaeological site, ancient city, archaeological park, museum of a public entity, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
38.0931° or 38° 5′ 35″ north
Longitude
13.532° or 13° 31′ 55″ east
Open location code
8FCM3GVJ+6R
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
attraction=historic
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
Wikidata ID
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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: “Solunto”
- Japanese: “ソルントゥム”
- Latin: “Soluntum”
- Persian: “سولونتوم”
- Polish: “Soluntum”
- Russian: “Солунт”
- Serbian: “Солунтум”
- Slovenian: “Soluntum”
- Spanish: “Solunte”
- Turkish: “Soluntum”
- Ukrainian: “Солунт”
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Places to explore: Sant‘ Elia and Santa Flavia.
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