In the area north of the Temple of Zeus, towards the public buildings and the forum, stands the ancient gymnasium of Agrigentum. Sport was a daily activity practised in Agrigento since the times of the Greek colonists: some sources [approfondimenti id="5271" testo_link="praise the Akragantine athle...

In ancient Rome, the gods were not the only entities worshipped by citizens. While he was alive, Julius Caesar had already tried to establish the cult of the emperor, but the perfection of the liturgy came only with the proclamation of Octavius as Augustus in 27 BC, whose veneration is testified in...

Unfortunately, there is little evidence of the cults professed in the city of Agrigentum. According to Cicero, Demeter and Persephone were the most venerated goddesses in Sicily: it is therefore very probable that the cult of Ceres and Proserpina, their Latin names, continued even in the late Roman...

The best known and best preserved sacred buildings in the archaeological park are the [approfondimenti id="5163" testo_link="iconic temples"] that the Rhodium-Cretan settlers of Gela built on the slope of the southern hill of Akragas. As it was for the Greeks, religion was a fundamental part of dai...

The theatre of Agrigentum was probably built on a similar building but from an earlier period, with wooden seats and galleries. In fact, its position on a steep slope is a characteristic element of the theatres of the Greek age, which were built making the most of the ground below. In Roman times,...

[caption id="attachment_13814" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] The ekklesiasterion of Agrigento was built around the 4th-3rd century B.C. as the seat of the city assemblies. Originally, it was supposed to be circular, with a capacity of around 3000 people. Today, there is only one portion of the c...