The Fontana Nuova rock shelter has long been considered one of the oldest pre-historic human settlements in the whole of Sicily. It is in a beautiful rural setting, close to the coast and the Irminio river estuary, which since ancient times has provided a vital and rapid link between the sea and the inland areas.
It became a temporary home to a small community of hunter-gatherers from the end of the Upper Palaeolithic age to the Mesolithic period, as discovered in 1914 and 1945 when flint tools and the remains of human and animal bones were found here.
Today, thanks to recent archaeological surveys, we also know that the shelter was inhabited in the Copper Age and the Late Middle Ages and was visited regularly from at least the 16th century until the start of the 20th century.
The Fontana Nuova shelter is 650 m from the car park, accessed via an easy footpath.
The place is cleaned by Ass. SUNIAI ASD and by others volounteers who periodically propose Yoga activities and nature walks. INFO: +39 328 433 84 48
