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Palazzolo Acreide: Greek theatre
Palazzolo Acreide: Greek theatre Remains of the Greek theatre at the site of Acrae, Palazzolo Acreide, Italy.

Palazzolo Acreide

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Palazzolo Acreide, town, southeastern Sicily, Italy. It lies in the Iblei Mountains, west of Syracuse. The successor to the Syracusan colony of Acrae (founded nearby in 663 bc), which was ravaged by the Muslims in the 9th century, the town was ruled by a succession of families in the Middle Ages, later passing to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and eventually to the Kingdom of Italy. It was largely destroyed by the earthquake of...

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