Acrae

settlement · 750 BC – 2100 AD

Akrai, an ancient city of Sicily, originated as a colony founded by Syracuse in 664 B.C., making it the first of the city's three colonial foundations.

Coordinates

37.05769, 14.89245

Also known as

Acrenses (la), Acrenses (la), Akrai (grc), Palazzolo Acreide (it), Palazzolo Acreide (it), Ἄκραι (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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