Historical place profile
Palike
An ancient settlement in east central Sicily, atop the Rocchicella, which included a sanctuary to the Divine Palikoi (a pair of boiling lakes) within a grotto found on the hillside.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:465970
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:465970
- Place type
- architecturalcomplex, sanctuary, settlement
- Coordinates
- 37.329954, 14.697361
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
An ancient settlement in east central Sicily, atop the Rocchicella, which included a sanctuary to the Divine Palikoi (a pair of boiling lakes) within a grotto found on the hillside.
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 Palike
Source and reuse
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Research path
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