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A·gri·gen·to

(ä′grĭ-jĕn′tō, ăg′rĭ-)

A city of southwest Sicily, Italy, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. It was founded c. 580 bc by Greek colonists.

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Agrigento

(Italian aɡriˈdʒɛnto)

(Placename) a town in Italy, in SW Sicily: site of six Greek temples. Pop: 54 619 (2001). Former name (until 1927): Girgenti

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A•gri•gen•to

(ˌɑ griˈdʒɛn tɔ)

n.

a city in S Italy. 51,931.

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Agrigento - a town in Italy in southwestern Sicily near the coast; the site of six Greek temples

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The exhibition is formed by panels dedicated to the history of a selection of archaeological wonders from several countries: Italy (Temple of Zeus in Agrigento and Pompeii), Qatar (Al-Zubarah), Morocco (Volubilis), Tunisia (El Jem), Algeria (Djemila), Syria (Krak des Chevaliers), Palestine (Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem), Lebanon (Baalbek), Turkey (Hagia Sophia), Jordan (Petra), Libya (Leptis Magna), United Arab Emirates (Al Ain), Bahrain (Qal'at al-Bahrain) and Egypt (Phile).

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Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte identified two more of the victims as a German couple whose car was swept away by floodwaters near Agrigento, a tourist town known for its ancient Greek temples.