Agrigento
A special guided tour entitled The Plants of the Gods in the Garden of Kolymbethra
Of Anna Rita Di Leo – June 17, 2024
On the occasion of the European Days of Archaeology, the FAI opens the doors to the Garden of Kolymbethra in the Valley of the Temples, presenting: The plants of the Gods in the Garden of Kolymbethra, a traveling itinerary that tells for the first time how the garden preserves plants sacred things dear to the ancients.
INTERVIEWS
FEDERICA SALVO – Garden Director of Kolymbethra
CLAUDIA LAMBRUGO – Archaeologist and professor of Archeology at the University of Milan
MARIA ALA – Head of Educational Services Kolymbethra
A special guided tour entitled The Plants of the Gods in the Garden of Kolymbethra, an itinerant itinerary that tells for the first time how the Garden, which stands in the heart of the sacred area of the Archaeological and Landscape Park of the Valley of the Temples of Agrigento, safeguards sacred plants dear to the ancients, in the company of Claudia Lambrugo, archaeologist and professor of Classical Archeology at the University of Milan, and Maria Ala, forestry doctor and educational services manager of Kolymbethra, who will reveal the secrets of the myrtle, the pomegranate , olive and laurel
