Necropolis of Pantalica

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Syracuse and the **Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica**¹
**UNESCO World Heritage Site**

State Party	Italy
Type	Cultural
Criteria	ii, iii, iv, vi
Identification	#1200
Region²	Europe and North America
Inscription History
Formal Inscription:	2005 29th WH Committee Session
WH link:	http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1200
1 Name as officially inscribed on the WH List 2 As classified officially by UNESCO

The Necropolis of Pantalica is a large necropolis in Sicily with about 5000 tombs dating from the 13th to the 7th centuries BC.

Pantalica is situated in the valleys of the rivers Anapo and Calcinara, between the towns of Ferla and Sortino in south-eastern Sicily.

Together with the city of Syracuse, Pantalica is listed as "Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica" on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

World Heritage Sites in Italy

Aeolian Islands | Aquileia | Archaeological Area of Agrigento | Archaeological Areas of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata | Botanical Garden, Padua | Caserta Palace, Aqueduct of Vanvitelli and San Leucio Complex | Castel del Monte | Cilento and Vallo di Diano with Paestum, Velia and Certosa di Padula | Costiera Amalfitana | Crespi d'Adda | Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna | Etruscan Necropolis of Cerveteri and Tarquinia | Ferrara and its Po Delta | Florence | Franciscan Sites of Assisi | I Sassi di Matera | Modena: Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande | Naples | Palaces of Genoa | Piazza del Duomo, Pisa | Pienza | Portovenere, Cinque Terre, Tino | Residences of the Royal House of Savoy | Rock Drawings in Valcamonica | Rome (w/ Holy See) | Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy | San Gimignano | Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan | Sicilian Baroque of Val di Noto | Siena | Su Nuraxi di Barumini | Syracuse with Pantalica | Trulli of Alberobello | Urbino | Val d'Orcia | Venice and its Lagoon | Verona | Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto | Villa Adriana (Tivoli) | Villa d'Este, Tivoli | Villa Romana del Casale

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Coordinates: 37°08′N 14°59′E

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