Historical place profile

Monte Navone

Monte Navone rises 754 m above sea level in Sicily's Enna province. Archaeological remains of a settlement pre-dating Greek colonisation were discovered on the summit that have been correlated with the Sikel site of Hybla Erea.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:462354
Catalogue ID
pleiades:462354
Place type
mountain, settlement
Coordinates
37.356475, 14.288075
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

Monte Navone rises 754 m above sea level in Sicily's Enna province. Archaeological remains of a settlement pre-dating Greek colonisation were discovered on the summit that have been correlated with the Sikel site of Hybla Erea.

Geographic evidence

The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.

Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 47 E4 Monte Navone

Source and reuse

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Research path

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