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Agira

Introduction

Agira’s history began even before Timoleon conquered it in the 4th century BC. The Greeks settled in it and then the Romans enlarged the village when they seized Agira. According to Diodorus Siculus, the historian, the amphitheatre of Agira was as ravishing as the one in Syracuse. Unfortunately little has survived of its Classic cultures in town. Today what we still can admire of its splendorous past is the beautiful artefacts in Chiesa di Santa Maria Maggiore where there is a triptych dating back to the 15th century and you cannot leave Agira without checking out Chiesa di San Salvatore and its mitre covered with precious stones which was created in the Middle Ages.

How to Get to/away

BY BUS: from Enna (length: 1 ¾ hours, services: 10 a day from Mon-Fri, only 2 a day on Sat), from/to Troina (services: 3 a day).