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The <strong>Museum of Greek Shipwrecks<\/strong> displays the remains of three Greek ships discovered together with their original cargo.<\/p>\n<p>It was 1988 when the first of the three ships was discovered on the seabed of the <strong>Gulf of Gela<\/strong>, and the question of how to display it properly immediately arose. Thus was born the new <strong>Museum of Greek Shipwrecks<\/strong> within the <em>Bosco Littorio<\/em>, a significant site due to the presence of an <strong>archaic emporium<\/strong> at the mouth of the River <strong>Gela<\/strong>, where the <strong>port of the ancient Greek city<\/strong>, where the ships moored, was likely also situated.<\/p>\n<p>Designed by architect Ettore Di Mauro, the current museum covers an exhibition area of 4,000 m\u00b2, with a large wooden roof shaped like an upturned hull. At the centre of the main hall stands the <em>&#8220;Gela I&#8221;<\/em> wreck, around which are arranged display cases containing the <strong>most significant finds from the cargo<\/strong>: wine and oil amphorae, Attic pottery, figurative vases, oil lamps, cups, bowls and various everyday objects used on board, including a <strong>terracotta flute<\/strong> and a <strong>devotional set<\/strong> featuring a female figurine. Completing the space is an <strong>immersive room with 3D headsets<\/strong>, allowing visitors to experience a virtual sea voyage.<\/p>\n<p>For further details, <a href=\"https:\/\/parchiarcheologici.regione.sicilia.it\/blog\/parco-archeologico-di-gela-apre-il-museo-dei-relitti-greci\/\">visit the website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","prezzi":"","orari":"Tuesday to Friday 9.00 am\u20131.00 pm; Saturday and Sunday 9.00 am\u20131.00 pm and 3.00 pm\u20136.00 pm","localizzazione":"<div class=\"leaflet-map\" data-height=\"400\" data-map=\"leaflet\" data-map-lng=\"14.2602539\" data-map-lat=\"37.0639443\" data-map-zoom=\"7\" data-map-layers=\"[&quot;CartoDB.Voyager&quot;]\" data-map-markers=\"[{&quot;label&quot;:&quot;Via Mare, 93012 Gela, Sicilia Italia&quot;,&quot;default_label&quot;:&quot;Via Mare, 93012 Gela, Sicilia Italia&quot;,&quot;lat&quot;:37.0620829,&quot;lng&quot;:14.2549162,&quot;geocode&quot;:[{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Via Mare, Granai Ducali, Gela, Caltanissetta, Sicilia, 93012, Italia&quot;,&quot;html&quot;:&quot;Via Mare, 93012 Gela, Sicilia Italia&quot;,&quot;bbox&quot;:{&quot;_southWest&quot;:{&quot;lat&quot;:37.062078200000002,&quot;lng&quot;:14.253125300000001},&quot;_northEast&quot;:{&quot;lat&quot;:37.0622513,&quot;lng&quot;:14.256690300000001}},&quot;center&quot;:{&quot;lat&quot;:37.0620829,&quot;lng&quot;:14.2549162},&quot;properties&quot;:{&quot;place_id&quot;:49635038,&quot;licence&quot;:&quot;Data \\u00a9 OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0. http:\\\/\\\/osm.org\\\/copyright&quot;,&quot;osm_type&quot;:&quot;way&quot;,&quot;osm_id&quot;:202447191,&quot;lat&quot;:&quot;37.0620829&quot;,&quot;lon&quot;:&quot;14.2549162&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;highway&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;unclassified&quot;,&quot;place_rank&quot;:26,&quot;importance&quot;:0.053394277103837609,&quot;addresstype&quot;:&quot;road&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Via Mare&quot;,&quot;display_name&quot;:&quot;Via Mare, Granai Ducali, Gela, Caltanissetta, Sicilia, 93012, Italia&quot;,&quot;address&quot;:{&quot;road&quot;:&quot;Via Mare&quot;,&quot;neighbourhood&quot;:&quot;Granai Ducali&quot;,&quot;town&quot;:&quot;Gela&quot;,&quot;county&quot;:&quot;Caltanissetta&quot;,&quot;ISO3166-2-lvl6&quot;:&quot;IT-CL&quot;,&quot;state&quot;:&quot;Sicilia&quot;,&quot;ISO3166-2-lvl4&quot;:&quot;IT-82&quot;,&quot;postcode&quot;:&quot;93012&quot;,&quot;country&quot;:&quot;Italia&quot;,&quot;country_code&quot;:&quot;it&quot;,&quot;building&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;house_number&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;city&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;village&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;hamlet&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;boundingbox&quot;:[37.062078200000002,37.0622513,14.253125300000001,14.256690300000001]}}],&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;marker_69aae48597811&quot;}]\"><\/div>\n"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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