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Cozzo Busonè

Coordinates: 37°22′31″N 13°31′51″E / 37.3752°N 13.5308°E / 37.3752; 13.5308
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Cozzo Busonè is a hill located in Raffadali, Agrigento, inside which were found the Venuses of Busonè [it], two female statuettes of the Copper Age, now on display at the Regional Archaeological Museum of Agrigento [it]. It was also the oldest human settlement of Raffadali and a necropolis.

There are a number of Arab legends related to this hill, including one stipulating that every seven and a half years, in full moon nights of the hill is open, revealing a treasure inside. A famous Sicilian song was also dedicated to this hill.

The hill has oven tombs and two chamber tombs with stone and ceramic objects from the Chalcolithic period; archaeological excavations in them from 1967 onwards revealed the Venus figurines of Busonè.[1][2]

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37°22′31″N 13°31′51″E / 37.3752°N 13.5308°E / 37.3752; 13.5308