The History La storia
 
   
  Until a few years ago the history of Giarratana referring to the period before the Roman occupation was still obscure. But the recent discovery of the ruins of a Roman villa and of its mosaics has cast light upon the past of a town which probably had a strategic role in the Roman age too. The studies of archaeologists and the conclusions to which historians will come studying these settlements will clear up a new cross-section of the story of this very ancient urban agglomeration. At the end of last century some Siculi prehistoric sites were brought to light: "Scalone" dating back to the second millennium B.C., "Donnascala", and even a big bronze warehouse. But apart from the prehistoric and the Roman age ..../