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Agrigento · AgrigentoBy Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek ….. Akragas (Agrigentum in Latin, now Agrigento, Italy) was founded around 582 BCE by Greek colonists from the nearby city of Gela on the south coast of Sicily. Located between two small rivers and blessed with fertile soil in the surrounding area, it grew to be the second-largest city of Sicily, exceeded only by the great port of Syracuse. Akragas issued some of the most beautiful and admired ancient coins ever st…Read Article
The Coinage of Akragas : Mike Markowitz

Agrigento · AgrigentoThe operation began on July 19, 2023, when the huge load of cocaine from Santo Domingo arrived in Porto Empedocle. The drugs had traveled on the motor vessel Plutus, flying the flag of Palau, followed step by step by the Finance Police. The trial is taking place at the Agrigento court.See the Story
Massive Cocaine Trafficking: Agrigento Court Requests 250-Year Sentences for 15 Defendants

Agrigento · AgrigentoThe phrase “lecture hall Agrigento” has taken the archaeological world by storm following a groundbreaking discovery in southern Italy in April 2025. In the heart of the ancient city of Agrigento, formerly known as Akragas, researchers uncovered a remarkably preserved structure believed to be a lecture hall used over 2,000 years ago. This find not […] The post Lost Wisdom Unearthed: Archaeologists Discover Ancient Lecture Hall in Agrigento appea…Read Article