Rifriscolaro
Rifriscolaro Greek: Ὄανις (Oanis) | |
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Native name | Rifriscolaro (Italian) |
Location | |
Country | Italy |
Region | Sicily |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Donnafugata Castle |
Mouth | |
• location | Ruins of Kamarina |
Length | 11 km (6.8 mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | East |
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).