{"id":3522,"date":"2015-10-12T19:39:06","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T17:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/?p=3522"},"modified":"2025-11-17T14:38:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T13:38:35","slug":"rocky-necropolis-of-pantalica","status":"publish","type":"attrazione","link":"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/attrazione\/rocky-necropolis-of-pantalica\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cave Necropolis of Pantalica"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>But the first human traces may date back 70,000 years, when a number of Homo Sapiens or even Neanderthal Homo settlements were established.<\/p>\n<p>At this time, the cities of classical Greece were still far from being born, when iron was still unknown and bronze was the great technological innovation.<\/p>\n<p>The origin of Pantalica is rooted in the time of the heroes Homer tells us about in the Iliad and the Odyssey, when it was the Mycenaean people of the legendary Agamemnon who sailed the seas in search of new trading posts.<\/p>\n<p>As we visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pantalica.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">site,<\/a> we are captivated by the spectacular <strong>necropolis<\/strong>, consisting of some 5,000 cave tombs carved into the natural rock, and the<strong><em> Anaktoron<\/em><\/strong> (Prince&#8217;s Palace), located on top of the hill, which recalls the grandeur of Mycenaean palaces.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":36977,"template":"","categories":[1933,1918,1931,1932,1936],"luogo":[2950],"stagione":[1874,1877,1875],"class_list":["post-3522","attrazione","type-attrazione","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sicilia-archeologica-en","category-arte-e-cultura-en","category-arte-in-sicilia-en","category-luoghi-della-cultura-en","category-unesco-en","luogo-siracusa-syracuse","stagione-autumn","stagione-spring","stagione-summer"],"acf":{"galleria":false,"paragrafo_1":"<p>The Cave Necropolis of Pantalica, not far from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/localita\/siracusa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Syracuse<\/a> (together with which it comprises a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/brochure\/siti-unesco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UNESCO World Heritage Site<\/a>), this archaeological site stands on a cliff overlooking the gorges of the River Anapo. As well as being an area rich in history, this is also a remarkable natural oasis: the cool waters of this river are ideal for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/canyoning-torrentismo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">canyoning enthusiasts<\/a>! (Discover the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/itinerario\/pantalica\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> itinerary<\/a> dedicated to Pantalica).<\/p>\n<p>Even before <strong>Greek colonisation<\/strong>, south-eastern Sicily was inhabited by various indigenous peoples, from the coastal areas to the rugged mountains. The impressive archaeological remains still visible today and the vast necropolis of artificial caves at Pantalica bear witness to this.<\/p>\n","titolo_paragrafo_1":"Detail","sottotitolo":"area rich in history","prezzi":"","orari":"","localizzazione":"<div class=\"leaflet-map\" data-height=\"400\" data-map=\"leaflet\" data-map-lng=\"13.9031982\" data-map-lat=\"37.4138004\" data-map-zoom=\"7\" data-map-layers=\"[&quot;CartoDB.Voyager&quot;]\" data-map-markers=\"[{&quot;label&quot;:&quot;Strada regionale Ferla-Pantalica-Sortino, 96010 Sortino, Sicilia Italia&quot;,&quot;default_label&quot;:&quot;Strada regionale Ferla-Pantalica-Sortino, 96010 Sortino, Sicilia Italia&quot;,&quot;lat&quot;:37.121808100000003,&quot;lng&quot;:14.976320100000001,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;marker_673c63f83e9b6&quot;}]\"><\/div>\n"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Cave Necropolis of Pantalica | Visit Sicily pagina ufficiale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Cave Necropolis of Pantalica, this archaeological site stands on a cliff overlooking the gorges of the River Anapo.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/attrazione\/rocky-necropolis-of-pantalica\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Cave Necropolis of Pantalica | Visit Sicily pagina ufficiale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Cave Necropolis of Pantalica, this archaeological site stands on a cliff overlooking the gorges of the River Anapo.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/attrazione\/rocky-necropolis-of-pantalica\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Visit Sicily\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visitsicily.info\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-17T13:38:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Pantalica.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@VisitSicilyOP\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/attrazione\/rocky-necropolis-of-pantalica\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/attrazione\/rocky-necropolis-of-pantalica\/\",\"name\":\"The Cave Necropolis of Pantalica | Visit Sicily pagina ufficiale\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/attrazione\/rocky-necropolis-of-pantalica\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/attrazione\/rocky-necropolis-of-pantalica\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Pantalica.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-10-12T17:39:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-17T13:38:35+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Cave Necropolis of Pantalica, this archaeological site stands on a cliff overlooking the gorges of the River Anapo.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/attrazione\/rocky-necropolis-of-pantalica\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/attrazione\/rocky-necropolis-of-pantalica\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/attrazione\/rocky-necropolis-of-pantalica\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Pantalica.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Pantalica.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"Pantalica - ph. 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