Agrigento
Agrigento is home to the finest collection of Greek temples in the world. A row of Doric temples were built along a ridge overlooking the sea in the 5th century BCE, making a city that Pindar called “the most beautiful city constructed by men.” Empedocles developed the philosophy of Earth, Air, Water, and Fire here, and helped introduce democracy. Agrigento’s 20th Century produced Nobel Prize-winner Luigi Pirandello and Andrea Camilleri, author of the Inspector Montalbano series. Add a magnificent museum and a fascinating (& almost impenetrable) medieval town, and Agrigento becomes one of the most visited sites in Sicily.