Sunrise at the Valley of the Temples, between sightseeing and Homer's Iliad

On Sunday, August 23, last appointment to admire the spectacle of dawn at the Valley of the Temples: a unique experience that will start at 4:30 a.m. and will lead visitors between the Temple of Juno, the natural walls of ancient Akragas, reaching the Temple of Concord. Experienced archaeologists will hold guided tours produced by CoopCulture, thanks to which archaeology will become living testimony. Guests will be greeted at sunrise by real theatrical paintings curated by Gaetano Aronica and Giovanni Volpe staged by a company of about fifteen actors and musicians who will alternate between music and dance. In addition, the voices of twentieth-century writers such as Pier Paolo Pasolini, Leonardo Sciascia, Marguerite Yourcenar, Albert Camus, as well as Vitaliano Brancati will tell a current story.

Art has the task of pointing out paths that man, obfuscated by power, can no longer discern: this is the meaning of the new tour route The Awakening of Humanity, a new model of visits that starts from the ancient to read the modern and contemporary.

To participate, tickets can be purchased online or at the ticket office while seats last. Cost: 20 euros, reduced 18 euros for Park Subscribers and under 25s.

On August 30, at 5 a.m., Homer’sIliad will be narrated under the Temple of Concord by Sebastiano Lo Monaco. The wholeIliad condensed into a little more than an hour, without leaving out any picture, any scene, any character, but offering a careful overview of the characters. At the end of the performance a special breakfast will be offered to all present.

You can attend by purchasing tickets online and at the box office while seats last. Cost: 13 euros (+ 2 euros presale), reduced 11 euros (+ 2 euros presale) for Park Subscribers.

Sunrise at the Valley of the Temples, between sightseeing and Homer's Iliad

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