RAMACCA, LA MONTAGNA
Catania, Sicily.
A hill of calcareous formation, 560 m high, to the W
of the modern village. A gentle slope leads to the plateau
at the summit. Various finds seem to document the existence of a Sikel center at the site; these include a necropolis with 41 rock-cut chamber tombs and cist graves (nearby, terracottas of the 6th and 5th c. B.C.), along
the slopes of the hill, on the SE side. On the plateau
there are graves cut into the rock as well as foundations
for a large building and remains of walls (nearby, fragments of Ionic cups), and, at the summit of the hill, the foundations of another structure. The site is identified with Eryx by some scholars.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Messina-Palermo-Procelli, “Esplorazione di una città greco-sicula in contrada La Montagna
e di un insediamento preistorico in contrada Torricella,”
NSc (1971).
C. BUSCEMI INDELICATO
