City
Heraclea Minoa
Southern Europe
Heraclea Minoa was an ancient Greek city of Magna Graecia, situated on the southern coast of Sicily near the mouth of the river Halycus, about 25 kilometers west of Agrigentum. Its ruins lie near the modern town of the same name, in the comune of Cattolica Eraclea, Italy.
Facts
Founding Year Latitude37.393953 degrees north 2 Sources
1. Heraclea Minoa (Wikipedia)
History
Archaeology has shown that the city was founded in the middle of the 6th century BC as an outpost of the Greek colony of Selinus (modern Selinunte) and was finally abandoned around the beginning of the 1st century AD.
- In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source2. Heraclea Minoa (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 37.393953, longitude 13.280747
Wikidata: Heraclea Minoa
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