Cave of San Teodoro in Acquedolci
The Cave of San Teodoro in Acquedolci, suggestive and imposing for its size, represents a milestone for the knowledge of the Upper Paleolithic in the Mediterranean.
It owes this name to the Basilian monks who took refuge in its cave around the year one thousand interior, fleeing from the iconoclastic East.
The cave, of karst nature, preserves rich documentation of the history of Sicily, both in terms of populations of extinct animals and the remains of prehistoric man.
The importance of the cave is linked to the fact that the first Sicilian Paleolithic burials were found in this place: five skulls and two complete skeletons which were the first to allow in-depth knowledge of the ancient inhabitants of Sicily.
In particular, the remains of the oldest woman in Sicily: a woman of about 30 years old, who was given the name Thea, from the Latin Theodora, to connect it to that of the cave.
