Pantalica archaeological area

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UNESCO World Heritage Site archaeological site

The Pantalica archaeological area is a UNESCO World Heritage site in southeastern Sicily renowned for its extensive prehistoric rock-cut necropolises and dramatic limestone gorge landscape.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Pantalica necropolis 2
Anapo Valley and Pantalica area 1
Pantalica and the Rocky Necropolises of Pantalica and Syracuse 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
earliestMajorOccupation 13th century BC ⓘ
hasAccessType hiking trails ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalFeature chamber tombs ⓘ
prehistoric tombs ⓘ
rock-cut dwellings ⓘ
rock-cut necropolis ⓘ
sanctuaries ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalPeriod Bronze Age ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ
hasGeologicalFeature canyon ⓘ
plateau ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLandscapeType limestone gorge ⓘ
hasMainCulture Sicel culture GENERATED ⓘ
hasMaterial limestone ⓘ
hasNecropolisName Cavetta Necropolis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Filiporto Necropolis NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Necropolis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northwest Necropolis NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Necropolis NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasProtectionStatus nature reserve ⓘ
hasSignificance evidence of transition from Bronze Age to Iron Age in Sicily ⓘ
major prehistoric funerary center in Sicily ⓘ
hasUNESCOSiteName Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasView dramatic gorge landscape ⓘ
latestMajorOccupation 7th century BC ⓘ
locatedIn Italy ⓘ
Province of Syracuse NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ
southeastern Sicily ⓘ
managedBy Sicily Region authorities NERFINISHED ⓘ
near Ferla NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sortino NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfTombsApprox 5000 GENERATED ⓘ
overlooks Anapo River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Calcinara River NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Anapo River Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Sicily ⓘ
UNESCOCriteria (iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 2005 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageID 1200 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Calcinara Valley → locatedIn → Pantalica archaeological area ⓘ
Calcinara Valley → partOf → Pantalica archaeological area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pantalica and the Rocky Necropolises of Pantalica and Syracuse
Calcinara Valley → partOf → Pantalica archaeological area ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site Pantalica
Calcinara Valley → near → Pantalica archaeological area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pantalica necropolis
Anapo Valley → near → Pantalica archaeological area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pantalica necropolis
Anapo Valley → partOf → Pantalica archaeological area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anapo Valley and Pantalica area