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 nameRifriscolaro (Italian)
Location
CountryItaly
RegionSicily
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationDonnafugata Castle
Mouth 
  location
Ruins of Kamarina
Length11 km (6.8 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionEast

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).


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