Museums and Pirandello Sites

Beyond the temples, Agrigento has a major archaeological museum and a cathedral museum. It is also the home town of Luigi Pirandello, winner of the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature: you can visit the house where he was born, his grave nearby and the theatre that bears his name.

Museums and Pirandello Sites — Map

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Pietro Griffo Archaeological Museum

Regional museum near the temples with Greek vases, sculpture and the original telamon from the Temple of Olympian Zeus.

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Pirandello's Birthplace

Country house at Caos, west of the city, where Luigi Pirandello was born in 1867. It is now a small museum with photos, letters and first editions.

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Pirandello's Grave

A simple rough stone near his birthplace, where the writer's ashes rest as he asked.

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D

Diocesan Museum

Museum next to the cathedral with church silver, paintings and vestments from the diocese.

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Teatro Pirandello

The city's 19th-century theatre in the old town, named after the playwright and still used for plays and concerts.

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