The Archaeological Area of Agrigento comprises the remains of a great Ancient Greek city in the mediterranean.Agrigento or Akragas was founded in the 6th century BC by Greek settlers originating from Rhodes and Crete. They left unstable Greece, that suffered from civil war, famine and social unrest. Groups of settlers spread out over the Mediterranean, with the purpose to build their own and better Greece abroad.These colonies acted politically independent from the motherland and each other.Th