Sabucina

Sabucina
The grotticella tombs of Sabucina
Sabucina is located in Sicily
Sabucina
Shown within Sicily
LocationCaltanissetta, Sicily, Italy
Coordinates37°30′9.47″N 14°7′15.82″E / 37.5026306°N 14.1210611°E / 37.5026306; 14.1210611
History
Periodsc.2300-300 BC
Site notes
ArchaeologistsPiero Orlandini
Plan of excavations
City walls
Rare bust of Emperor Geta (204-205 AD) found at the villa of Piano della Clesia

The archaeological park of Sabucina (officially, Sabbucina), located on the mountain of the same name near Caltanissetta (8 km to the north east), is an archaeological site in Sicily. The area contains settlements ranging from the Bronze Age (20th-16th century BC) to the Roman period.[1]

Today the site is accessible as the regional archaeological park of Sabucina.[2]

  1. ^ "Sabucina - Siciliantica". Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  2. ^ Lorenzo Quilici; Stefania Quilici Gigli (2002). La via Appia: iniziative e interventi per la conoscenza e la valorizzazione da Roma a Capua. L'ERMA di BRETSCHNEIDER. pp. 56–. ISBN 978-88-8265-228-9.