Camarina
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Communications
SS 115 Gela-Cómiso, turning off at Vittória, about 17km/11mi southwest via the fishing village of Scoglitti and the River Ippari.
Location
The ruins of the ancient town of Kamarina/Camarina lie on the south coast on a terrace between the River Ippari (in ancient times Hipparis) and the Cava di Randello.
History
The town was founded from Syracuse at the beginning of the sixth century B.C. (traditionally supposed to be 599 B.C.) at the close of the era of Doric-Syracusan expansion into the southwestern hinterland.
SS 115 Gela-Cómiso, turning off at Vittória, about 17km/11mi southwest via the fishing village of Scoglitti and the River Ippari.
Location
The ruins of the ancient town of Kamarina/Camarina lie on the south coast on a terrace between the River Ippari (in ancient times Hipparis) and the Cava di Randello.
History
The town was founded from Syracuse at the beginning of the sixth century B.C. (traditionally supposed to be 599 B.C.) at the close of the era of Doric-Syracusan expansion into the southwestern hinterland.
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