The Archaeological Museum of Atina and the Comino Valley (this is the new name which, since 2010, has replaced that of the original Civic Museum established in 1978) is housed in a former school building which, with its elegant classical-style façade, overlooks Via Vittorio Emanuele II. The building was constructed in the 1920s at the expense […]
The urban layout of Atina dates back to medieval times and is centred on the Church of the Assumption, built on the site of the Temple of Saturn, and on the palace constructed by the Dukes of Cantelmo in the 14th century on the site of a pre-existing fortress; this original urban centre was served by three main roads that are still […]
According to the most reliable reconstruction, up until the mid-fourteenth century, the town layout of Atina was divided into three main areas: Santo Stefano (the hill near the Convent of San Francesco, or “Torretta”), the Colle della Torre (the present-day historic centre) and Santa Maria (the present-day cemetery), of which the first […]
