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unusual facts about Temple of Olympian Zeus, Agrigento



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Walter of the Mill, archdeacon of Cefalù, dean of Agrigento and archbishop of Palermo

Acragas

Agrigento, aka Acragas, an ancient Greek city on the site of modern Agrigento, Sicily

Agrigento

Vinnie Paz, the Italian-American rapper and lyricist behind Philadelphia underground hip-hop group Jedi Mind Tricks.

Coat of arms of Bivona

The Coat of arms of Bivona is the representational emblem of the Italian town of Bivona, in Agrigento, Sicily, situated in the Monti Sicani mountain range.

County of Modica

The king gave the first dynasty of counts many fiefdoms in Agrigento, Caccamo, Licata and Palermo, where they built the Palazzo Chiaramonte, also known as Palazzo Steri; once the residence of the Aragonese-Spanish viceroys of Sicily and later the tribunal of the Inquisition, it now belongs to the University of Palermo.

Ellinais

On 22 January 2007 Ellinais held the first known ceremony of its kind at the 1,800 year old Temple of Olympian Zeus since the ancient Greek religion was outlawed by the Christian Roman empire in the late 4th century.

Enna

In the time of Agathocles we find Enna for a time subject to that tyrant, but when the Agrigentines under Xenodicus began to proclaim the restoration of the other cities of Sicily to freedom, the Ennaeans were the first to join their standard, and opened their gates to Xenodicus, 309 BC.

Giuseppe Di Cristina

In yet another trial in Agrigento over a vendetta between Mafia clans in Riesi and Ravanusa over a refusal to stash a load of smuggled cigarettes belonging to Di Cristina.

Giuseppe Falsone

At the time of his arrest he was considered to be the Mafia boss of the province of Agrigento by police investigators coordinated by Girolamo Di Fazio.

Maurizio Di Gati

He was supposed to be made capoprovincia at a meeting of Mafia families from Agrigento on July 14, 2002 in Santa Margherita di Belice.

Platani

San Biagio Platani, a municipality in the Province of Agrigento, Sicily, Italy

Richard J. Burke

He was married on October 19, 1940 to Josephina Battaglia the daughter of Carmelo Battaglia of Monte Maggiore Belsito, Palermo, Sicily, and Antonia Fasulo of Burgio, Agrigento, Sicily.

Temple of Olympian Zeus, Agrigento

The history of the temple is unclear, but it was probably founded to commemorate the Battle of Himera (480 BC), in which the Greek cities of Akragas (Agrigento) and Syracuse defeated the Carthaginians under Hamilcar.

Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens

On 21 January 2007, a group of Hellenic neopagans held a ceremony honoring Zeus on the grounds of the temple.


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