have a particular shape. While only two seats of this first group have been lost, those of the second group are all missing the upper half (perhaps never completed). The material used for the tubs was an agglomeration of terracotta fragments and sandstone debris while some seats are entirely in terracotta. Among recent discoveries in the area are: the oldest Greek wreck (500 BC), unique of its kind, which will be exhibited in the Museum of Navigation in 2009 a fourth ancient boat near the mouth of the Dirillo, an underwater archaeological site on the coast of the Bulala district. The 3 other boats are in the Museum of Ancient Navigation. foundations of two other Greek temples: the first, very large, next to the crypts of the Mother Church; the second near the new multi-storey car park in via Istria. a monumental villa from the Hellenistic period on the Capo Soprano promontory with a view of the gulf In 2019, a sarcophagus containing an intact skeleton was discovered at Gela. Some weeks later, a short distance away, a ceramic water jug containing the bones of a newborn baby and parts of a large animal's skeleton was discovered. Archaeologists said the place was certainly a Greek necropolis. Twin towns Gela is twinned with: Eleusina, Greece Wittingen, Germany Nordkapp, Norway Sports Football Gela has got a football team; S.S.D. Città di Gela. Their football stadium is Stadio Vincenzo Presti. This team was founded in 1975 and re-founded in 2006 and 2011. Their best performance in Italian football was the 12th position in the group B of the 2010–11 Lega Pro Prima Divisione. Notable people Gelo Aeschylus Archestratus Polyzalus See also Gela Calcio Gela railway station Magna Graecia References External links Gela official website Gelacittadimare.it Information on archeology at Gela Piccolo, Salvatore. Gela. World History Encyclopedia. Coastal towns in Sicily Municipalities of the Province of Caltanissetta Ancient cities in Sicily 688 BC 13th-century establishments in the Kingdom of Sicily Dorian colonies in Magna Graecia Ancient Rhodes 7th-century BC establishments in Italy Greek city-states Archaeological sites in Sicily