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.
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View of Monte Inici
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
- 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
- Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 0-691-03169-X), Map 47, notes.
- Giuseppe Castronovo, "Erice, oggi Monte San Giuliano", Palermo 1873, vol. I, pp. 159-161
- Francesco Maria Emanuele Gaetani, "Le tonnare della Sicilia" a cura di Giovanni Marrone, Giada Editrice, Palermo 1986
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