Rifriscolaro
The Rifriscolaro, Sicilian Il Rifriscolaro, anciently called the Oanis Ancient Greek: Ὄανις), is an arroyo in south-east Sicily.
| Rifriscolaro Greek: Ὄανις (Oanis) | |
|---|---|
 Location of the Rifriscolaro within Sicily | |
| Native name | Rifriscolaro (Italian) |
| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Sicily |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Donnafugata Castle |
| Mouth | |
• location | Ruins of Kamarina |
| Length | 11 km (6.8 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | East |
It rises a kilometre north of Donnafugata Castle, in the Ragusan countryside and flowing with an east–west orientation through the commune of Ragusa. After a course of around eleven kilometres it flows into the Mediterranean Sea, south of the ruined Greek city of Kamarina but the flow has a negative hydraulic balance and carries almost no water for the majority of the year. In the valley of the Rifriscolaro there are a number of diverse archaeological remains, which include the ruins of a temple of Demeter and a necropolis with graves dating to the Archaic Greek period (sixth century BCE) to the Hellenistic period (third century BCE).