Pantalica

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UNESCO World Heritage Site archaeological site prehistoric necropolis

Pantalica is a prehistoric necropolis in southeastern Sicily renowned for its thousands of rock-cut tombs and its dramatic setting above the Anapo Valley.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Pantalica Necropolis	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ prehistoric necropolis ⓘ
archaeologicalExcavationsBy	Paolo Orsi NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Greek colonization of Sicily (indirectly, as a pre-Greek site) ⓘ indigenous Sicilian populations ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
culturalAttribution	Sicel culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
elevation	approximately 400 meters above sea level ⓘ
endDate	7th century BC ⓘ
estimatedNumberOfTombs	over 4000 ⓘ
hasFeature	Byzantine oratories ⓘ Byzantine rock dwellings ⓘ caves ⓘ cliffside burial chambers ⓘ fortification walls ⓘ pathways and mule tracks ⓘ prehistoric settlement remains ⓘ ravines ⓘ remains of an anaktoron ⓘ rock shelters ⓘ rock-cut churches ⓘ thousands of rock-cut tombs ⓘ
hasView	Anapo Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ natural reserve area (Anapo Valley nature reserve) ⓘ
knownFor	dramatic landscape setting ⓘ evidence of transition from Bronze Age to Iron Age in Sicily ⓘ rock-cut funerary architecture ⓘ
locatedIn	Anapo Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Province of Syracuse NERFINISHED ⓘ Sicily ⓘ southeastern Sicily ⓘ
locatedOn	limestone plateau ⓘ
managedBy	Soprintendenza ai Beni Culturali e Ambientali di Siracusa NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearestCity	Syracuse NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearestTown	Ferla NERFINISHED ⓘ Sortino NERFINISHED ⓘ
overlooks	Anapo River NERFINISHED ⓘ Calcinara River NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	UNESCO site "Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica" NERFINISHED ⓘ
startDate	13th century BC ⓘ
timePeriod	Early Iron Age ⓘ Late Bronze Age ⓘ
tourismType	cultural tourism ⓘ hiking destination ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	(iii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	2005 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Anapo Valley → associatedWith → Pantalica ⓘ

Province of Syracuse → containsSite → Pantalica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pantalica Necropolis