Archaeological Area of Kamarina

Among the most important archaeological sites of Sicily there is certainly Kamarina, a colony founded by the Siracusans at the beginning of the 6th century BC (598-597 BC) on a fertile promontory bordered by the Ippari and Oanis rivers (today Rifriscolaro). The purpose of the new settlement was to create a dead end along the African route and curb the southward expansion of Gela, which eighteen years later will be found in northern Agrigento (580 BC). It quickly became a flourishing agricultural center and a reference for the flourishing trade for the Sicilians of the Iblean Hinterland and will soon come into conflict with the mother-city.
Refounded by Gela (492, 461 BC), Kamarina acquires floridity and prestige in the course of the fifth century BC. After being subjected to the Punic domain between 405 and 393 B.C., lives another moment of particular prosperity at the end of IV sec. BC. under Timoleonte (339 BC) reaching its maximum urban expansion.
The most significant area is the acropolis which, unlike other areas, is never abandoned.