Editing Agrigento (section)

==Main sights==
{{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site 
| WHS = Archaeological Area of Agrigento
| Image = Agrigento-Tempio della Concordia01.JPG
| Caption = [[Temple of Concordia]]
| Criteria = Cultural: i, ii, iii, iv
| ID = 831
| Year = 1997
| Area = 321.11 ha
| Buffer_zone = 1,866.15 ha
}}
{{main|Valle dei Templi}}
Ancient Akragas covers a huge area—much of which is still unexcavated today—but is exemplified by the famous ''Valle dei Templi'' ("Valley of the Temples", a misnomer, as it is a ridge, rather than a valley). This comprises a large sacred area on the south side of the ancient city where seven monumental Greek temples in the [[Doric style]] were constructed during the 6th and 5th centuries BC. Now excavated and partially restored, they constitute some of the largest and best-preserved ancient Greek buildings outside of Greece itself. They are listed as a [[World Heritage Site]].

The best-preserved of the temples are two very similar buildings traditionally attributed to the goddesses [[Hera]] and [[Concordia (Roman goddess)|Concordia]] (though there is no evidence for this<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.parcovalledeitempli.it/category/archeologia/ |title=Archeologia – Parco Valle dei Templi Agrigento}}</ref>). The latter temple is remarkably intact, due to its having been [[Christianization|converted into a Christian church]] in 597&nbsp;AD. Both were constructed to a [[peripteral]] [[hexastyle]] design. The area around the [[Archaeological Area of Agrigento#Temple of Concordia|Temple of Concordia]] was later re-used by early Christians as a [[catacomb]], with tombs hewn out of the rocky cliffs and outcrops.{{cn|date=August 2024}}