Kaukana

Kaukana is an archaeological site in Santa Croce Camerina, Ragusa, Sicily. Kaukana is situated nearby to the ruins Edificio 6, as well as near the beach Spiaggia di Caucana.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Capo Scaramia Lighthouse and Torre Scalambri.

Capo Scaramia Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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Capo Scaramia Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located in Punta Secca in the municipality of Santa Croce Camerina, Sicily. Capo Scaramia Lighthouse is situated 1 km west of Kaukana.

Torre Scalambri

Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Torre Scalambri is situated 1¼ km west of Kaukana.

San Francesco di Paola

Church

Photo: Ottantafame, CC BY-SA 4.0.

San Francesco di Paola is a church, which is situated 1¼ km west of Kaukana.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kaukana and Punta Secca.

Kaukana

Hamlet

Kaukana, also spelled Caucana, is a hamlet of Santa Croce Camerina, a municipality in the Province of Ragusa, Sicily, Italy. It is located a few hundred metres from Punta Secca and a few km from Marina di Ragusa.

Punta Secca

Village

Photo: YUP l’eclettico, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Punta Secca, locally nicknamed ’A Sicca, is a small southern Italian fishing village and hamlet of Santa Croce Camerina, a municipality in the Province of Ragusa, Sicily. In 2011 it had a population of 226.

Marina di Ragusa

Photo: Wikimedia, GFDL.

Marina di Ragusa, also known as Mazzarelli, is a southern Italian village and hamlet of Ragusa, a municipality seat of the homonym province, Sicily. In 2025 it had a population of 7,000 which during the summer rises to more than 60,000.

Kaukana

Type: Tourist attraction
Categories: tourism, archaeological site, and historic site
Location: Santa Croce Camerina, Ragusa, Sicily, Italy, Europe
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Latitude

36.78808° or 36° 47′ 17″ north

Longitude

14.50608° or 14° 30′ 22″ east

Open location code

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OpenStreetMap ID

way 438176238

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

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