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A floor mosaic in the Quartiere Ellenistico-Romana of Agrigento. (Photo by Verity Cridland)
Agrigento's Quartiere Ellenistico-Romana. (Photo by Verity Cridland).Across the street from the museum is the Insula Romana, or Quartiere Ellenistico-Romana (Roman-Hellenistic Quarter).
It consists of several square blocks of the Roman city that thrived here from the 2nd century BC to the 4th century AD.
It's mostly a floor plan-type outline of excavated low stone walls spiked by the occasional run of re-erected columns, but there are some quite peachy polychrome floor mosaics protected under those scattered glass huts you see.
Quartiere Ellenistico-Romana (Insula Romana)
Via Panoramico dei Templi
tel. +39-0922-621-611
www.parcovalledeitempli.it
Open daily 8:30am–7pm (Insula Romana closes 5pm)
Summer evening hours: Mid-July to mid-Sept, Mon–Fri 7:30pm–10pm, Sat–Sun 7:30pm–11pm
Adm: €20 (covers most major sites in the valley)
City buses 1, 1/, 2, 2/, 3, and 3/ run from in front of the train station down Via dei Templi into the Valley of the Temples. You can get off at the Museum/Insula Romana or stay on all the way to the Posto di Ristoro, a pricey cafe/souvenir stand at the entrances to the two temple zones.
For a taxi, call tel. +39-0922-26-670 or 0922-21-899. A trip from town down to the temples should be about €15.
If your time is limited, just hit the temples. There's nothing of consequence to see in the city itself.
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Quartiere Ellenistico-Romana (Insula Romana)
Via Panoramico dei Templi
tel. +39-0922-621-611
www.parcovalledeitempli.it
Open daily 8:30am–7pm (Insula Romana closes 5pm)
Summer evening hours: Mid-July to mid-Sept, Mon–Fri 7:30pm–10pm, Sat–Sun 7:30pm–11pm
Adm: €20 (covers most major sites in the valley)
This article was written by Reid Bramblett and was last updated in April 2015.
All information was accurate at the time.
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