A visit to the Agrigento, the 2025 Italian Capital of Culture, offers an immersion into Sicilian art, history, foods and culture in a natural setting away from the island’s crowded cities. ByIrene S.

Archaeologists have made two extraordinary discoveries in the Italian town of Agrigento on Sicily's southwest coast. During excavations undertaken in March 2025, an international team of researchers ...

A picture taken on July 17, 2019, shows the "Temple of Concord" in La Valle dei Templi, (The Valley of the Temples) near Agrigento, in Sicily. AFP / Andreas SOLARO From the reasons why you should ...

Agrigento is one of Sicily’s hidden gems. It offers historical and cultural riches as well as culinary delights in a ...

After twenty years of study, research, and restoration, the “stone giant” of ancient Akragas has been resurrected. The “telamon”, one of the colossal anthropomorphic statues supporting the entablature ...

Set atop a hill on the Italian island of Sicily, Agrigento is a heritage tourist’s paradise. Beneath the archaeological structures and relics of its Valley of the Temples lies an ancient maze-like ...

A view of the Greek Temple of Heracles, one of seven temples in the Valley of the Temples in Agrigento, Sicily. Photo by ludovic MARIN / AFP Agrigento is Italy’s ‘Capital of Culture’ in 2025, meaning ...