Rifriscolaro
Rifriscolaro | |
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![]() Location of the Rifriscolaro within Sicily | |
Native name | Rifriscolaro |
Other name(s) | Greek: Ὄανις (Oanis) |
Country | Italy |
Basin | |
Main source | Donnafugata Castle |
River mouth | Ruins of Kamarina |
Progression | East |
Physical characteristics | |
Length | 11 km (6.8 mi) |
The Rifriscolaro, Sicilian Il Rifriscolaro, anciently called the Oanis Ancient Greek: Ὄανις), is an arroyo in south-east Sicily.
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).