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 Eraclea Minoa  26 pictures
The archaeological site is 50 km from Agrigento, on the Capo Bianco hill near the mouth of the Platani River Minoa- this was likely to be the earliest name of the settlement, where, according to legend, Minos ruler of Crete, would have pursued and punished Dedalus for helping Ariadne and Theseus to find their way out of the Labyrinth. Most of the remains date from the 4th century B.C. The city was a colony of Selinunte from the 6th century B.C. It became a Roman city and was repopulated by Consul Publius Rupilius, in 131 B.C., and abandoned in the 1st century A.D. View from the Site  Theater Structures  The Museum  
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