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The modern city
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It would be a mistake not to scout round modern Agrigento, modern only in comparison with the temples. Thoroughly medieval at its heart, its tiny stepped streets and fine churches look down over the Valle dei Templi and beyond to the sea. The main street,
Via Atenea
, starts at the eastern edge of the old town, above the train station, the streets off to the right harbouring ramshackle
palazzi
and the church of
Santa Maria dei Greci
. Built over a Greek temple of the fifth century BC, the flattened columns are visible in the nave, while an underground tunnel reveals the stylobate and column stumps, all part of the church's foundations. Other useful information
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Italy,
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