Museo archeologico Palazzo Panitteri
The archaeological museum in the 17th-century Palazzo Panitteri in Sambuca di Sicilia, with finds from Monte Adranone and the statue of the Demeter “of the Beautiful Hair”.
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About the museum
The museum is housed in Palazzo Panitteri, in the historic centre of Sambuca di Sicilia, and was opened in 2013 to house the finds from the archaeological area of Monte Adranone, the ancient city that arose between the 8th and 3rd centuries BC on the border between Sican and Elymian-Punic influence. The museum is managed by the Parco archeologico e paesaggistico della Valle dei Templi.
The palazzo is a 17th-century building that belonged to important local families; it was built as a tower to defend the ancient walls of the citadel of Zabut. It has a quadrangular plan with an inner courtyard decorated with Mediterranean plants, spreads over two levels, and the piano nobile (main floor) is reached by a Catalan staircase.
The exhibition route covers the indigenous phase, the Greek city, the Punic reconstruction and the Roman siege of Adranon, which stood along the “Selinuntia odòs”, the road between Selinunte and Akragas. The emblem of the museum is the statue of Demeter “of the Beautiful Hair”; the materials include bronze belts, strigils, household objects, Attic and Punic-tradition vases, Doric and Ionic columns and capitals, as well as the grave goods from the tombs of the necropolis, such as that of tomb CLXX from the mid-5th century BC.
Highlights
- Statue of Demeter “of the Beautiful Hair”
- Grave goods from the necropolis of Monte Adranone
- Attic and Punic-tradition vases
- Bronze belts and strigils
- 17th-century palazzo with Catalan staircase and inner courtyard
Permanent exhibition
- Reperti di Monte Adranone – Materials from the settlement and necropolis of Monte Adranone, from the indigenous phase to the Hellenistic and Punic periods.
- Founded
- 2013
- Operated by
- Parco archeologico e paesaggistico della Valle dei Templi (Regione Siciliana)
- Visitors per year
- approx. 1,377
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €6 |
|---|---|
| Reduced | €3 |
Prices as shown on the tickets page of the Parco archeologico della Valle dei Templi.
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