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Megara Hyblaea (deserted settlement) |
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| Lat: 37 12 14 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.2030 decimal degrees |
| Long: 015 10 54 E degrees minutes |
Long: 15.1810 decimal degrees |
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Note: Was Late Neolithic settlement of the Stentinello period; one of first Greek colonies in Sicily, founded by Megarians ca. 750 BCE as described by Thucydides; was Selinuntian metropolis 7th cen. BCE; destroyed by Gelon 481 BCE, later fortified but destroyed by Romans in second Punic War; rural setlement grew up on site, but now abandoned. |
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Sicilia (region (administrative division)) (P,C) part of unified Italy from 1861 |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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founded in 728 BCE on the site of a village inhabited during Late Neolithic, abandoned in 6th cen. CE |
| archaeological site (C) |
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begun in 1891, noted for Archaic Greek & Neolithic remains |
| inhabited place (H) |
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| Neolithic (H) |
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| Ancient Greek (H) |
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| colony (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| historical connection .... |
Mégara .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, Ellás, Attikí) [7017133] |
| near/adjacent to .... |
Augusta .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, Italia, Sicilia, Siracusa) [7003802] |
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