Himera
Sign in to saveHimera (Greek: ), was a large and important ancient Greek city situated on the north coast of Sicily at the mouth of the river of the same name (the modern Imera Settentrionale), between Panormus (modern Palermo) and Cephaloedium (modern Cefalù) in the comune of Termini Imerese.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Himera
- Ancient site.native_name
- Ἱμέρα
- Ancient site.image
- Himera Viktoriatempel.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- Remains of the Temple of Victory at Himera
- Ancient site.map_type
- Italy
- Ancient site.location
- Buonfornello, Province of Palermo, Sicily, Italy
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.management
- Soprintendenza BB.CC.AA. di Palermo
- Ancient site.public_access
- Yes
- Ancient site.website
- Area Archeologica e Antiquarium di Himera
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Area
- 1500
- Employees
- 22
- Official website
- www.regione.sicilia.it/beniculturali/dirbenicult/database/page_musei/pagina_musei.asp?ID=50&IdSito=65
- Image
- Himera Viktoriatempel.jpg
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- Commons category
- Himera
- Commons gallery
- Himera
- inception
- 0648-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 0409-00-00
- phone number
- +39-091-814-0128
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- fax number
- +39-091-814-0128
- street address
- Contrada Buonfornello - Termini Imerese
- visitors per year
- 5222
- collection or exhibition size
- 1763
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14 sectionsContents
- History
- Foundation and earliest history
- First interaction with Carthage
- After the Battle of Himera
- Destruction by Carthage
- Foundation of Thermae
- Site
- Archaeology
- Famous people
- See also
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Himera (Greek: ), was a large and important ancient Greek city situated on the north coast of Sicily at the mouth of the river of the same name (the modern Imera Settentrionale), between Panormus (modern Palermo) and Cephaloedium (modern Cefalù) in the comune of Termini Imerese.
Many of its remains can be visited and there are two museums on the site.
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