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Monte Adranone
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Monte Adranone is a mountain rising 900 metres above sea level in the north of the comune of Sambuca di Sicilia, in the Province of Agrigento.
Monte Adranone | |
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![]() View over the acropolis of Monte Adranone | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 899 m (2,949 ft) |
Coordinates | 37°41′16.57″N 13°8′40.18″E |
Geography | |
province | Agrigento |
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At the summit of the mountain are the remains of an ancient city, possibly Adranon, and one of the more important archaeological sites of Magna Graecia in Sicily.
The city is distinct from the Adranon in eastern Sicily and is possibly mentioned by Diodorus Siculus in his account of the First Punic War.[1] Its identification was proposed by Klüver[2] and taken up by Holm[3] in consideration of essential toponymic data (the site dominates the crags of a hilly district called Adragna) and now is supported by archaeological data from the systematic excavations that unambiguously demonstrated a general and violent destruction of the city around the middle of the 3rd century BC with sporadic presence, perhaps of garrisons, during the Second Punic War.[4]