Acropolis at Selinunte

October 17th 2015
Cicily Day 8 Sat 17 Oct 2015. Sciacca Sunny and hot again in the mid 20's. The morning was spent in the archeological site of Selinunte, which is a 2,400 year old site of a Greek Acropolis or two and surrounding townships. I said Acropolis or two, there were actually two but what is the plural - is it Acropoli? We visited the quarry 18 km away yesterday, which produced all the stone. This must h ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more

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Richard Dugdale

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I am a retired engineer, born in 1945, who loves cycle touring. I started by riding Lands End John O Groats for charity. Followed by C2C, the Three Towers (Blackpool - London -Paris Blackpool), European section of North Sea Cycle Route (Rotterdam to Bergen, 3,500 km), several sportives and trips to Spain and the Alps, Slovenia, Albania, Macedonia, Turkey, Japan, Kerala and Tamil Nadu (India), Vietnam, Cambodia, China, Australia, including Tasmania and New Zealand. Kyushu Japan, USA, Republic of Ireland, Germany and Sicily. I ride two days every week with some retired riders and usually lead a... full info

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