Luigi Pirandello's Birthplace
Casa natale di Luigi Pirandello
The country villa where Nobel Prize-winning writer Luigi Pirandello was born. It is now a memorial house, and his ashes rest beneath a pine tree outside, facing the sea.
The house stands in a countryside area southwest of town called “Caos.” Pirandello was born here in 1867 and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1934; his best-known work is Six Characters in Search of an Author. The museum displays manuscripts, photographs, first editions and stage photos. As he wished, his ashes were placed beneath a pine tree on a nearby sea cliff; the original tree was blown down in a storm in 1997. It can be combined with the Valley of the Temples on the same day, about a 10-minute drive away.
Opening hours
About 09:00–19:00
Nearby sights
- Giardino della Kolymbethra
- Valley of the Temples
- Agrigento Old Town & Via Atenea
- Agrigento Cathedral (San Gerlando)
- Santa Maria dei Greci
- Regional Archaeological Museum Pietro Griffo
- Monastery of Santo Spirito
- Temple of Concordia (Night Visit)