Monte Inici

Monte Inici is a mountain in the comune of Castellammare del Golfo, province of Trapani, Sicily. It stands approximately 1060 m above sea level, a few km south of the Golfo di Castellammare, an indentation of the Tyrrhenian Sea.

Monte Inici has been the site of numerous explorations and finds of fossils from the Middle Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous periods.[1]

In the classical age, Monte Inici was the site of the ancient Greek settlement of Inykon,[2] not to be confused with the larger town of Inycum (Inykon in Greek) in the southwestern part of Sicily.

In the 16th century Inici was a vast barony which included nine fiefs inside and belonged to the House of Sanclemente, a noble family from Trapani.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France; September 2001; v. 172; no. 5; p. 647-659; doi:10.2113/172.5.647, see abstract here
  2. ↑ Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 0-691-03169-X), Map 47, notes.
  3. ↑ Giuseppe Castronovo, "Erice, oggi Monte San Giuliano", Palermo 1873, vol. I, pp. 159-161
  4. ↑ Francesco Maria Emanuele Gaetani, "Le tonnare della Sicilia" a cura di Giovanni Marrone, Giada Editrice, Palermo 1986

Coordinates: 38°00′04″N 12°51′33″E / 38.0011°N 12.8592°E / 38.0011; 12.8592

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