Agrigento: Gymnasium and Bath Building

This project has been initiated in 2019, under the direction of Monika Trümper and Thomas Lappi in cooperation with the Parco Archeologico e Paesaggistico della Valle dei Templi di Agrigento, the British School at Rome, and the Politecnico di Bari. It aims at investigating the gymnasium and a bath building that are both located in the center of the large ancient city. While the temples and sanctuaries of Agrigento have long attracted research interest, the city has only recently come into focus thanks to an impressive program launched by the Parco Archeologico e Paesaggistico della Valle dei Templi di Agrigento (see e.g. Caliò et al. 2017; Caminneci – Parello 2019; Caminneci et al. 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018a, 2018b, 2019a, 2019b, 2020). Our project contributes to this new program and to a better understanding of the ancient city of Agrigento.