19 Sights in Syracuse, Italy (with Map and Images)

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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Syracuse, Italy! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Syracuse. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.

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1. Area Monumentale della Neapolis

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Area Monumentale della Neapolis Agostino Sella / CC BY-SA 2.0

The Archaeological Park of Neapolis is a natural area full of archaeological finds belonging to several eras of Syracuse's history. Due to the quantity and importance of its monuments, it is considered one of the most important archaeological areas in Sicily, as well as one of the largest in the Mediterranean.

Wikipedia: Parco archeologico della Neapolis (IT)

2. Ear of Dionysius

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Ear of DionysiusMichael Wilson from York, United Kingdom / CC BY 2.0

The Ear of Dionysius is a limestone cave carved out of the Temenites hill in the city of Syracuse, on the island of Sicily in Italy. Its name, given by the painter Michelangelo da Caravaggio, comes from its similarity in shape to the human ear. The name is also linked to echoes in the cave.

Wikipedia: Ear of Dionysius (EN)

3. Stentinello

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Stentinello is a Neolithic village located in the plain of Targia, near the northern entrance to Syracuse, an eponymous site of the Stentinello culture dating back to the fifth millennium BC, contemporary with the Castellaro Vecchio culture of the Aeolian Islands and the Ghar Dalam culture of Malta. A variant of it is the Kronio culture of western Sicily.

Wikipedia: Stentinello (IT)

4. Catacombe di San Giovanni

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Catacombe di San GiovanniGiovanni Dall'Orto / Attribution

The Catacombs of Syracuse are underground cemetery areas dating back to the early imperial age and late empire. They are considered second in importance and extension only to those of Rome. According to Moses Finley, "the grandest catacombs of Syracuse surpass those of Rome."

Wikipedia: Catacombe di Siracusa (IT)

5. Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista

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The church of San Giovanni Battista, popularly known as St. John, is located in Piazza del Precursore, in the Giudecca district of Ortigia in Syracuse. It was built on another IV century early Christian basilica, built the latter on the order of Bishop Germano.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Giovannello (Siracusa) (IT)

6. Teatro Comunale

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Teatro Comunale Gregory Palmer / CC BY 2.0

The Teatro Comunale di Siracusa is a building located in Ortigia and is dedicated to theatrical works. It was inaugurated in 1897, remained in operation until 1962 when it was closed for maintenance work, and officially reopened to shows on December 26, 2016.

Wikipedia: Teatro Comunale (Siracusa) (IT)

7. Greek Theatre

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Greek Theatrefotovideomike from Italia (Michele Ponzio, @michele_ponzio) / CC BY-SA 2.0

The Greek theatre of Syracuse lies on the south slopes of the Temenite hill, overlooking the modern city of Syracuse in southeastern Sicily, Italy. It was first built in the 5th century BC, rebuilt in the 3rd century BC and renovated again in the Roman period. Today, it is a part of the Unesco World Heritage Site of "Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica".

Wikipedia: Greek Theatre of Syracuse (EN)

8. Ginnasio romano

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The Roman Gymnasium is a monumental complex in Syracuse, probably dating back to the second half of the first century AD but mistakenly identified as a gymnasium that includes a theater, a four-sided portico and a temple.

Wikipedia: Ginnasio romano (IT)

9. Cathedral of Syracuse

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The Cathedral of Syracuse, formally the Cattedrale metropolitana della Natività di Maria Santissima, is an ancient Catholic church in Syracuse, Sicily, the seat of the Catholic Archdiocese of Siracusa. Its structure is originally a Greek doric temple, and for this reason it is included in a UNESCO World Heritage Site designated in 2005.

Wikipedia: Cathedral of Syracuse (EN)

10. Artemision

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ArtemisionGiovanni Dall'Orto / Attribution

The Artemision or also known as the Temple of Artemis or the Ionian Temple, is located near the Via Minerva, side and junction with Piazza del Duomo in Syracuse, at the highest point of the island of Ortigia.

Wikipedia: Artemision di Siracusa (IT)

11. Ipogeo di piazza Duomo

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Ipogeo di piazza Duomo Jerome Bon / CC BY 2.0

The hypogeum of Piazza Duomo, located in Syracuse, is an underground path that from the highest point of Ortigia, or from Piazza del Duomo, then appears at the Foro Italico where the walls of the Marina are located.

Wikipedia: Ipogeo di piazza Duomo (IT)

12. Tomb of Archimedes

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Tomb of Archimedes Carlo Pelagalli / CC BY-SA 3.0

The presumed tomb of Archimedes is an artificial cave dug out of limestone, located inside the Grotticelle necropolis, which in turn is located in the northernmost part of the archaeological park of Neapolis, located in the urban area of Syracuse.

Wikipedia: Tomba di Archimede (IT)

13. Terme di Dafne

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The Baths of Daphne, also known as the Bath of Daphne, are part of a Syracusan archaeological complex, inside which the so-called Greek arsenal of Syracuse was already found, located near the small port of the city, precisely among the foundations of a civil building to the west of the Greek arsenal.

Wikipedia: Terme di Dafne (IT)

14. Via dei Sepolcri

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Via dei Sepolcri trolvag / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Via dei Sepolcri is a suggestive 150-meter-long road that leads to the top of the Temenite hill, located within the Neapolis Archaeological Park of Syracuse, crossing it you can see the high rocky walls that surround it on both sides and the votive shrines that have been excavated along the entire route.

Wikipedia: Via dei Sepolcri (IT)

15. Castello Eurialo

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Castello EurialoGiovanni Dall'Orto / Attribution

The Euryalus Fortress located in the frazione of Belvedere, was the key point in the fortifications of the ancient Greek city of Syracuse, Magna Graecia. It is located on the highest point of the hill of Epipolae, around 7 km northwest of Syracuse.

Wikipedia: Euryalus fortress (EN)

16. Arsenale greco

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Arsenale greco

The Greek arsenal of Syracuse is a part of the small port, called Lakkios, where boats were once manufactured and repaired. To facilitate the work, they could be pulled ashore when they suffered breakdowns or to be able to renovate the hulls.

Wikipedia: Arsenale greco di Siracusa (IT)

17. Stauferstele

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Stauferstele

Staufersteles are octagonal stone monuments that commemorate the Staufers, who were Roman-Germanic kings and emperors in the early Middle Ages. The creator of these monuments is Markus Wolf from Stuttgart-Plieningen.

Wikipedia: Stauferstele (IT), Website

18. Chiesa di Santa Lucia alla Badia

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Chiesa di Santa Lucia alla BadiaGiovanni Dall'Orto / Attribution

Santa Lucia alla Badia is a baroque-style, Roman Catholic church, now deconsecrated, located on the south corner of the piazza duomo, located to the south of the facade of the Cathedral of Syracuse), located in the island of Ortigia, the historic city center of Siracusa in Sicily, Italy. The church building and adjacent former monastery is now used for special exhibitions and functions.

Wikipedia: Santa Lucìa alla Badìa, Siracusa (EN)

19. Basilica Santuario della Madonna delle Lacrime

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The Basilica of the Madonna delle Lacrime, also called Madonnina delle Lacrime is a 20th-century Roman Catholic Marian shrine church in Syracuse in Sicily, Italy. The modern building, derided by some as an inverted ice-cream cone, dominates the skyline of the approach to Ortigia.

Wikipedia: Madonna delle Lacrime, Siracusa (EN)

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