It’s one of the most beautiful Sicilian archaeological sites, must-see place during every holiday along Sicilian west coast. And it’s one of the place that you absolutely want to visit during your next vacation. Now, you need to know just this: how to get to Selinunte.
The Parco archeologico di Selinunte e cave di Cusa is in the municipality of Castelvetrano. The two main nearby cities are Palermo and Trapani.
The journey by car takes about one hour and thirty minutes.
The journey by car takes about one hour and ten minutes.
The origin of the name is the wild parsley (selinon in Greek). The city was founded by the Megarians of Sicily in the Seventh century BC. Selinunte was, thanks to its strategic position, an important trading port.
Today, the remains of one of the most important Greek colonies in Sicily are:
Near, about 13 kilometres, there are the cave di Cusa: the stone quarries from which the material used to build the city was extracted.
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