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Selinunte

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thumb|300px|Plan of ancient Selinunte showing ancient coastline

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Ancient site.name
Selinunte
Ancient site.image
Selinunte-pjt4.jpg
Ancient site.alt
The columns of the Temple of Hera were re-erected, but most of the roof is missing.
Ancient site.caption
The Temple of Hera at Selinunte (Temple E)
Ancient site.map_type
Italy
Ancient site.location
Marinella di Selinunte, Province of Trapani, Sicily, Italy
Ancient site.type
Settlement
Ancient site.built
628 BC
Ancient site.abandoned
Approximately 250 BC
Ancient site.epochs
Archaic Greece to Hellenistic period
Ancient site.management
Soprintendenza BB.CC.AA. di Trapani
Ancient site.website
Parco Archeologico di Selinunte

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Wikidata facts

Area
500
Employees
62
Official website
selinunte.gov.it
Image
Sicily Selinunte Temple E (Hera).JPG
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Commons category
Selinunte
inception
0651-00-00
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
0250-01-01
Commons gallery
Selinunte
native label
Σελινοΰς
phone number
+39 092446540092446277
email address
mailto:[email protected]
fax number
+39-0924-46540
postal code
91022
visitors per year
204397
street address
Piazzale Iole Bovio Marconi - Fraz. Marinella Di Selinunte 1, 91022 Castelvetrano
collection or exhibition size
500
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Article

21 sections
Contents
  • History
  • The Sicilian Expedition
  • Captured by Carthage
  • Destruction
  • Archaeological remains
  • The Acropolis
  • Manuzza Hill
  • Agora
  • The East Hill
  • Gaggera Hill with the sanctuary of the Malophoros
  • The Necropoleis
  • Cave di Cusa
  • Coinage
  • Art and other discoveries from Selinus
  • Metopes of Selinus (gallery)
  • Terracotta statuettes (gallery)
  • General gallery
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

thumb|300px|Plan of ancient Selinunte showing ancient coastline

Selinunte ( , ; ; ; ) was a rich and extensive ancient Greek city of Magna Graecia on the south-western coast of Sicily in Italy. It was situated between the valleys of the Cottone and Modione rivers. It now lies in the of Castelvetrano, between the of Triscina di Selinunte in the west and Marinella di Selinunte in the east.

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