Il Kouros di Lentini torna a casa: l'odissea della statua greca ricomposta

September 15, 2026 – LENTINI ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
The Lentini Kouros has returned to the Regional Archaeological Museum of Lentini, located in the territory of ancient Leontinoi. The statue, dating to the first decade of the 5th century BC, is composed of the famous Biscari head and the torso discovered in the early 20th century in the countryside of Leontinoi.

The head, carved from Parian marble, was found in the 18th century and became part of the Prince of Biscari’s collection. The torso, meanwhile, was recovered following the floods of 1902 and purchased by the archaeologist Paolo Orsi, who registered it at the Syracuse Museum in 1904.

The hypothesis that the two fragments belonged to the same statue dates back to the early 20th century. Subsequent archaeometric and petrographic analyses confirmed that the marble originated from the Lakkoi quarry on the island of Paros, further indicating that the pieces likely came from the same block of stone. The head and torso were reunited in 2018.

The Kouros dates to a period of significant development for Leontinoi—between the late 6th and early 5th centuries BC—when the Siceliote *polis* was experiencing a phase of great economic and cultural prosperity.

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