Heritage sites, Archaeological discoveries, History of Archaeology

Concordia.

Location

Agrigento

Country

Italy

Year of Research

Culture

The archaeological area of the temples, which stands just outside of the modern city, has been inserted in to the UNESCO National Heritage list of the locations.

An excellent walking tour has been created in which bringout the path taken from nature to culture over the centuries, and follows the lustre of the sandstone and tuff temples from the real city of the Akragas dating from the days of the Greeks.

Medieval tombs are still seeable inside the church, which stays unswayed till 1748, when the church was regenerated.

Two classic greek spiral staircases leading to the ceiling have also endure.