Guidebook for Siracusa
Arts & Culture
Thousands of years enclosed in one of the most famous museums in Europe.
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Regionalne Muzeum Archeologiczne im. Paolo Orsi
66 Viale TeocritoThousands of years enclosed in one of the most famous museums in Europe.
Museo del Cinema
41 Via gian battista alagonaFor those keen on cinema.
The most ancient ritual Jewish bath left to us in Europe.
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Bagno ebraico - Mikveh
52 Via G.B. AlagonaThe most ancient ritual Jewish bath left to us in Europe.
Museo del Papiro Corrado Basile
14 Via NizzaHistorical insight of the papyrus.
The Archimede Park was born from the passion and the research of culture, history, architecture, engineering of the scientist Archimede of Siracusa. The architect Vittorio Cinzia, director of the Park, and his father Professor Antonio Vittorio, founder and director of Technopark Archimede, managed to create a jewel for all visitors of the beautiful city of Siracusa: in fact inside the Technopark Archimedes is possible to see the inventions of Archimedes and true war machines running on a 1:1 scale. The tours will be interesting and you will soon find passion and culture in the beautiful site near the Archaeological Park, near the Greek Theatre, just by walking along the same itinerary. In addition, the Technopark has a green space where you can create presentations for meetings and conventions of books or cultural events, art exhibitions or enjoy reading.
Tecnoparco Museo di Archimede
26 Viale Giuseppe AgnelloThe Archimede Park was born from the passion and the research of culture, history, architecture, engineering of the scientist Archimede of Siracusa. The architect Vittorio Cinzia, director of the Park, and his father Professor Antonio Vittorio, founder and director of Technopark Archimede, managed to create a jewel for all visitors of the beautiful city of Siracusa: in fact inside the Technopark Archimedes is possible to see the inventions of Archimedes and true war machines running on a 1:1 scale. The tours will be interesting and you will soon find passion and culture in the beautiful site near the Archaeological Park, near the Greek Theatre, just by walking along the same itinerary. In addition, the Technopark has a green space where you can create presentations for meetings and conventions of books or cultural events, art exhibitions or enjoy reading.
Food Scene
A small family restaurant famous for fresh seafood and homemade pasta.
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Ristorante Sicilia in Tavola
28 Via CavourA small family restaurant famous for fresh seafood and homemade pasta.
This vintage style pizzeria well-known for top quality local products, friendly staff and craft beer is a great place to spend an evening.
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Sicily - Pizzeria & Lounge Bar
67 Via CavourThis vintage style pizzeria well-known for top quality local products, friendly staff and craft beer is a great place to spend an evening.
Le Vin de L'assassin
115 Ortigia Via RomaElegant French bistro.
Right in the heart of the colouful fish market, you can enjoy tasting local flavours along with a glass of wine!
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Fratelli Burgio
4 Via Emmanuele de BenedictisRight in the heart of the colouful fish market, you can enjoy tasting local flavours along with a glass of wine!
The best spot for its delicious typical sicilian sandwiches.
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Caseificio Borderi
6 Via Emmanuele de BenedictisThe best spot for its delicious typical sicilian sandwiches.
Cala Piada
8 Via Santa TeresaTop quality wraps.
A Putia
8 Via RomaA lovely wine bar located in one of Ortigia's main streets.
MOON - Move Ortigia Out of Normality
112 Via RomaVery tasty vegan food.
The best ice cream, granita and delicious desserts in town!
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Gelateria Fiordilatte
7 Via del Porto GrandeThe best ice cream, granita and delicious desserts in town!
100 Montaditos Siracusa
13 Riva della PostaGreat place for tapas and an evening drink.
Just inside the Ortigia island you cannot but admire visiting the sands of the street market, where the sellers describe their products singing tunes in the local dialect, with a funny and folk accent. It seems to be inside a typical arabic souq.
Here you can admire the sands full of food as vegetables, meats, dairy products, legume and mostly fish, seafood and several fish products, which the stands of are old shops (owned by several families of fishermen well known in Siracusa and in all its province), and above all the "Vanniate" (screams) of who is the seller, bringing the tourist in an atmosphere far from the cold modernity of nowadays, where the products were really natural, and were sold in a folk way by the "Principale" (the one who owned the stand) and the "Picciotti" (litterally means "the guys", but means the guys who were beside the ownner selling in the stand), or by the "larzuni" (which meant "the boy" but it was used for the shop assistants), and people used to run there to buy the food (natural and with no doubts more tasty of the ones you now buy in the malls) that the nature gave to the people who were working hard to feed their families.
All of this still happens in this street market and in all the other daily, weekly or biweekly ones in the rest of the cities of the province.
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Ortigia Street Market
Vicolo BagnaraJust inside the Ortigia island you cannot but admire visiting the sands of the street market, where the sellers describe their products singing tunes in the local dialect, with a funny and folk accent. It seems to be inside a typical arabic souq.
Here you can admire the sands full of food as vegetables, meats, dairy products, legume and mostly fish, seafood and several fish products, which the stands of are old shops (owned by several families of fishermen well known in Siracusa and in all its province), and above all the "Vanniate" (screams) of who is the seller, bringing the tourist in an atmosphere far from the cold modernity of nowadays, where the products were really natural, and were sold in a folk way by the "Principale" (the one who owned the stand) and the "Picciotti" (litterally means "the guys", but means the guys who were beside the ownner selling in the stand), or by the "larzuni" (which meant "the boy" but it was used for the shop assistants), and people used to run there to buy the food (natural and with no doubts more tasty of the ones you now buy in the malls) that the nature gave to the people who were working hard to feed their families.
All of this still happens in this street market and in all the other daily, weekly or biweekly ones in the rest of the cities of the province.
trattoria del buongustaio
11 Via TriesteDrinks & Nightlife
Barcollo
6 Via Pompeo PicheraliA very nice place to spend the evening.
Civico Maltato
9 Via G. B. PerassoA large selection of craft beer.
In the midst of Ortigia a charming vintage style spot for an early evening drink.
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Tinkitè
61 Via della GiudeccaIn the midst of Ortigia a charming vintage style spot for an early evening drink.
It offers a wide range of quality wines, liquors and craft beer.
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Casina degli Spiriti
It offers a wide range of quality wines, liquors and craft beer.
Sightseeing
The Neapolis Archaeological Park contains the most important remains of ancient greek Syracuse earning the city title of World Heritage (UNESCO).
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Parco Archeologico della Neapolis
The Neapolis Archaeological Park contains the most important remains of ancient greek Syracuse earning the city title of World Heritage (UNESCO).
Catacombe di San Giovanni
1 Via S. Giovanni alle CatacombeA magical place rich of history and legends.
Old market of Ortigia
Via Emmanuele de BenedictisThe characteristic fish market.
Castello Maniace
51 Via Castello ManiaceMilitary fortress of Federico II di Svevia.
Świątynia Apollina
Largo XXV LuglioInitially it was a mine used by the Greeks, later in modern times it developed and it was even used as a bomb shelter.
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Ipogeo di Piazza Duomo
Piazza DuomoInitially it was a mine used by the Greeks, later in modern times it developed and it was even used as a bomb shelter.
The Greek Theatre is the greatest example of greek theater of the West. It has the distinction of being almost entirely excavated in the rock. In addition to performances, it was the custom for the ancient Greeks, the theater was used for popular assemblies. After being adapted to games in the imperial era circus, the theater fell into disuse. In the sixteenth century, as well as other classical monuments, was plundered by the Spanish masters of Charles V, who used the good stone has already been cut to build the fortifications of Ortygia. Other failures were the mills that had been implanted in the auditorium. The excavations, begun in the late eighteenth century and which continued throughout the following century were completed only in mid Novecento.Pur in diversity, although substantial, opinions of scholars on the origins of the monument, it is generally accepted that the current form dates back to ' renovation of the years 238 to 215 BC during the reign of Hiero II. The theater consists of three parts: koilon (or auditorium), orchestra and stage. Koilon: has a semicircular shape with a diameter of more than 138 meters, the 67 rows are divided into nine sectors (wedges) of eight steps of service. A long corridor runs through the auditorium in breadth: it is the diazoma in the upper face of which were engraved the names of gods or rulers who had dedicated the wedge. Even today we read the names of Queen Philistis, Nereid (respectively the wife and daughter of Hiero II). The upper part of the auditorium has no blocks originally placed there because of the absence of bedrock and subsequently removed in the sixteenth century under the reign of Charles V. Orchestra is the semicircular space at the foot of the auditorium where the chorus danced. The floor of the orchestra is delimited by furrows that surround a trapezoidal space, together they have been interpreted both as channels for water drainage (Euripides) as much as the traces of the old theater that originally had that. Scene: the vast esplanade where there was the stage building, bounded on either side by two massive pillars. It occurs most often excavated and because there were housing the vertical elements of the stage is greek, because over the centuries has often been tampered with to be adapted to different needs construction stage, not least the gladiatorial games. The upper part of the theater was surrounded by a large covered porch. The overlying rock, as well as other parts of the Hill, is fully lined with square grooves (naiskoi) intended to accommodate the squares (pinakes) with votive images of gods or the dead eroizzati (somewhat comparable to our Saints). In it, the center and aligned with the theater opens wide cave from which the water flows coming from the aqueduct greek. In this cave - you can recognize the Mouseion nymph, which is the headquarters of the guild of artists. On the western side of the terrace leads to the upper road access to the theater (in which I am profoundly marked the driveways) along its walls have been excavated tombs and Byzantine burial from which derives the name of "Street of Tombs."
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Teatro Greco
Via Luigi Bernabò BreaThe Greek Theatre is the greatest example of greek theater of the West. It has the distinction of being almost entirely excavated in the rock. In addition to performances, it was the custom for the ancient Greeks, the theater was used for popular assemblies. After being adapted to games in the imperial era circus, the theater fell into disuse. In the sixteenth century, as well as other classical monuments, was plundered by the Spanish masters of Charles V, who used the good stone has already been cut to build the fortifications of Ortygia. Other failures were the mills that had been implanted in the auditorium. The excavations, begun in the late eighteenth century and which continued throughout the following century were completed only in mid Novecento.Pur in diversity, although substantial, opinions of scholars on the origins of the monument, it is generally accepted that the current form dates back to ' renovation of the years 238 to 215 BC during the reign of Hiero II. The theater consists of three parts: koilon (or auditorium), orchestra and stage. Koilon: has a semicircular shape with a diameter of more than 138 meters, the 67 rows are divided into nine sectors (wedges) of eight steps of service. A long corridor runs through the auditorium in breadth: it is the diazoma in the upper face of which were engraved the names of gods or rulers who had dedicated the wedge. Even today we read the names of Queen Philistis, Nereid (respectively the wife and daughter of Hiero II). The upper part of the auditorium has no blocks originally placed there because of the absence of bedrock and subsequently removed in the sixteenth century under the reign of Charles V. Orchestra is the semicircular space at the foot of the auditorium where the chorus danced. The floor of the orchestra is delimited by furrows that surround a trapezoidal space, together they have been interpreted both as channels for water drainage (Euripides) as much as the traces of the old theater that originally had that. Scene: the vast esplanade where there was the stage building, bounded on either side by two massive pillars. It occurs most often excavated and because there were housing the vertical elements of the stage is greek, because over the centuries has often been tampered with to be adapted to different needs construction stage, not least the gladiatorial games. The upper part of the theater was surrounded by a large covered porch. The overlying rock, as well as other parts of the Hill, is fully lined with square grooves (naiskoi) intended to accommodate the squares (pinakes) with votive images of gods or the dead eroizzati (somewhat comparable to our Saints). In it, the center and aligned with the theater opens wide cave from which the water flows coming from the aqueduct greek. In this cave - you can recognize the Mouseion nymph, which is the headquarters of the guild of artists. On the western side of the terrace leads to the upper road access to the theater (in which I am profoundly marked the driveways) along its walls have been excavated tombs and Byzantine burial from which derives the name of "Street of Tombs."
The Orecchio di Dionisio is an artificial cave, funnel-shaped, carved in the limestone, which is about 23 m. wide and from 5 to 11 m. large, with a singular form, vaguely similar to an ear, which is almost 65 m. deep, with an unusual trend to S and with sinuous walls that converge at the top, in a singular sixth acute. The cave is also equipped with exceptional acoustic properties (sounds are amplified up to 16 times).
These acoustic characteristics and the form brought Michelangelo Caravaggio, who visited Siracusa in the 1608 with the famous citizen Vincenzo Mirabella, to name the cave Orecchio di Dionisio, giving strength to the legend according to which the famous sixteenth-century tyrant Dionysius had built this cave as a prison and there rinchiudesse his prisoners to ascoltere, from an opening above, the words magnified by the echo. In fact, even if at the expense of the suggestions and legend, you should know that the shape of the cave is simply due to the fact that the excavation started from the top, along the bottom shelf of an aqueduct winding, and was increasingly spreading in depth, having found a good quality of rock. To prove this on the walls are clearly observable traces of the working tools of the quarrymen and stone, in horizontal direction, plans detachment of the extracted blocks.
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Ucho Dionizosa
Via Ettore RomagnoliThe Orecchio di Dionisio is an artificial cave, funnel-shaped, carved in the limestone, which is about 23 m. wide and from 5 to 11 m. large, with a singular form, vaguely similar to an ear, which is almost 65 m. deep, with an unusual trend to S and with sinuous walls that converge at the top, in a singular sixth acute. The cave is also equipped with exceptional acoustic properties (sounds are amplified up to 16 times).
These acoustic characteristics and the form brought Michelangelo Caravaggio, who visited Siracusa in the 1608 with the famous citizen Vincenzo Mirabella, to name the cave Orecchio di Dionisio, giving strength to the legend according to which the famous sixteenth-century tyrant Dionysius had built this cave as a prison and there rinchiudesse his prisoners to ascoltere, from an opening above, the words magnified by the echo. In fact, even if at the expense of the suggestions and legend, you should know that the shape of the cave is simply due to the fact that the excavation started from the top, along the bottom shelf of an aqueduct winding, and was increasingly spreading in depth, having found a good quality of rock. To prove this on the walls are clearly observable traces of the working tools of the quarrymen and stone, in horizontal direction, plans detachment of the extracted blocks.
The history of the Roman amphitheater is quite discussed, but it was probably built around the third century AD. Along the road that leads to the Amphitheatre are arranged stone sarcophagi, found in necropolidi Syracuse and Megara Iblea. The Amphitheatre, carved into the rock except in the south side, has the top of all missing. The great blocks of which it was composed were removed, then by the Spanish in the sixteenth century for the construction of the ramparts of the island of Ortigia. The size of the amphitheater, elliptical, are remarkable: m.140x90. Under the Sand (m.70x40), enclosed by a high podium, there is a high m.1.60 corridor, called "crypt", which was used for the output of gladiators and wild animals. Above the podium were the first steps for the spectators to respect, with over engraved with the names of the personalities who occupied those places, as proof of this, it is still one of marble with the name. Followed, then in height, the ima cavea, the only auditorium remained, while the average and the summa cavea caveasi can only imagine the foundations remain. At the center of the arena is dug underground (15.50x8.70 m) deep 2.50 m., Were places where the machinery for the shows, as can be seen by other amphitheatres of magnitude as that of Syracuse. The entrance was to the south, where the converging road that divided the Acradina from Neapolis.
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Roman Amphitheatre of Syracuse
14 Via Luigi Bernabò BreaThe history of the Roman amphitheater is quite discussed, but it was probably built around the third century AD. Along the road that leads to the Amphitheatre are arranged stone sarcophagi, found in necropolidi Syracuse and Megara Iblea. The Amphitheatre, carved into the rock except in the south side, has the top of all missing. The great blocks of which it was composed were removed, then by the Spanish in the sixteenth century for the construction of the ramparts of the island of Ortigia. The size of the amphitheater, elliptical, are remarkable: m.140x90. Under the Sand (m.70x40), enclosed by a high podium, there is a high m.1.60 corridor, called "crypt", which was used for the output of gladiators and wild animals. Above the podium were the first steps for the spectators to respect, with over engraved with the names of the personalities who occupied those places, as proof of this, it is still one of marble with the name. Followed, then in height, the ima cavea, the only auditorium remained, while the average and the summa cavea caveasi can only imagine the foundations remain. At the center of the arena is dug underground (15.50x8.70 m) deep 2.50 m., Were places where the machinery for the shows, as can be seen by other amphitheatres of magnitude as that of Syracuse. The entrance was to the south, where the converging road that divided the Acradina from Neapolis.
In the upper side of Ortigia island, the site where stands the Cathedral of Syracuse was intended, since ancient times, to be a place to worship. A temple built in the sixth century BC, it was replaced by the Temple of Athena (or Minerva), built in honor of the goddess of the tyrant Gelone, after the great victory of Himera (480 BC) against the Carthaginians. In the seventh century, at the time of Bishop Zosimo, the temple of Athena was incorporated into a Christian church dedicated to the Nativity of Mary: in particular, walls were erected to close the space between the columns of the peristyle and eight arches were opened, in the central cell, to allow the passage of the two aisles so obtained. The massive Doric columns are still visible on the left side, both inside and outside the building. Perhaps converted into a mosque during the Arab domination, the church was rebuilt in Norman times. The earthquake of the 1963 caused several damages, including the collapse of the facade.
The present facade - a masterpiece of the architect Andrea Palermo Palma, is one of the best baroque examples of Siracusa - it was built between the 1728 and the 1754. It stands on an imposing staircase and has the column as a compositional form. The table has two floors, crowned by a pediment. Ignazio Marabitti are the two statues flanking the stairway (St. Peter and St. Paul) and those that adorn the second order (San Marciano, Saint Lucia, and the newsstand center, known as the Virgin of Piliere). The entrance is preceded by an atrium with a beautiful portal flanked by two columns in hanks, whose coils are wound along the branches of grapes.
The interior has three naves and a basilica. The nave is covered by a sixteenth-century wooden ceiling beams discoveries. The floor, marble and polychrome, was built by Bishop Bellomo and built in 1444. The right side of the aisle is bounded by columns of the temple, which is now giving access to chapels. In the first chapel is preserved a beautiful baptismal font, made a crater greek marble supported by seven lions in the thirteenth century wrought iron. The chapel of Saint Lucia has a beautiful silver frontal of the eighteenth century. In the niche houses the beautiful silver statue of the saint, by Pietro Rizzo (1599). The large chapel of the Crucifix, at the end of the right aisle, includes a table with St. Zosimus, perhaps by Antonello da Messina, the altar of the chapel is a wooden cross in the Byzantine style.
Among the other works of art held in the Cathedral, there are the many statues of Gagini, including that of the Virgin (Dominic) and Saint Lucia (Antonello) along the left aisle, and Our Lady of the Snow (Antonello) in the left apse. There are also paintings on wood and canvas of the Byzantine era, an art of the fifteenth century walnut choir, organ and choir in gilded wood with ornaments in the Corinthian style, also dating back to the fifteenth century.
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Katedra w Syrakuzach
5 Piazza DuomoIn the upper side of Ortigia island, the site where stands the Cathedral of Syracuse was intended, since ancient times, to be a place to worship. A temple built in the sixth century BC, it was replaced by the Temple of Athena (or Minerva), built in honor of the goddess of the tyrant Gelone, after the great victory of Himera (480 BC) against the Carthaginians. In the seventh century, at the time of Bishop Zosimo, the temple of Athena was incorporated into a Christian church dedicated to the Nativity of Mary: in particular, walls were erected to close the space between the columns of the peristyle and eight arches were opened, in the central cell, to allow the passage of the two aisles so obtained. The massive Doric columns are still visible on the left side, both inside and outside the building. Perhaps converted into a mosque during the Arab domination, the church was rebuilt in Norman times. The earthquake of the 1963 caused several damages, including the collapse of the facade.
The present facade - a masterpiece of the architect Andrea Palermo Palma, is one of the best baroque examples of Siracusa - it was built between the 1728 and the 1754. It stands on an imposing staircase and has the column as a compositional form. The table has two floors, crowned by a pediment. Ignazio Marabitti are the two statues flanking the stairway (St. Peter and St. Paul) and those that adorn the second order (San Marciano, Saint Lucia, and the newsstand center, known as the Virgin of Piliere). The entrance is preceded by an atrium with a beautiful portal flanked by two columns in hanks, whose coils are wound along the branches of grapes.
The interior has three naves and a basilica. The nave is covered by a sixteenth-century wooden ceiling beams discoveries. The floor, marble and polychrome, was built by Bishop Bellomo and built in 1444. The right side of the aisle is bounded by columns of the temple, which is now giving access to chapels. In the first chapel is preserved a beautiful baptismal font, made a crater greek marble supported by seven lions in the thirteenth century wrought iron. The chapel of Saint Lucia has a beautiful silver frontal of the eighteenth century. In the niche houses the beautiful silver statue of the saint, by Pietro Rizzo (1599). The large chapel of the Crucifix, at the end of the right aisle, includes a table with St. Zosimus, perhaps by Antonello da Messina, the altar of the chapel is a wooden cross in the Byzantine style.
Among the other works of art held in the Cathedral, there are the many statues of Gagini, including that of the Virgin (Dominic) and Saint Lucia (Antonello) along the left aisle, and Our Lady of the Snow (Antonello) in the left apse. There are also paintings on wood and canvas of the Byzantine era, an art of the fifteenth century walnut choir, organ and choir in gilded wood with ornaments in the Corinthian style, also dating back to the fifteenth century.
The Church and the Cistercian monastery dedicated to St. Lucia had a prominent place in the worship of the city, due to its location in the heart of Ortigia and especially for the feast of St. Lucia in May, which was established in memory of a miraculous intervention (which is still celebrated on the first Sunday of May), the patron saint during the famine of 1646, when the Santa would bring two ships loaded with grain in the port interrupting the long hunger of Siracusa, the " tell fames "that had hurt the people, as the plaque existing in the church below the nuns' choir. S. Lucia alla Badia seems to be built in two different styles: the lower part is the manner of Picherali with beautiful reliefs of Spanish coats of arms as it was before the ascent to the throne of Philip V in 1705, while the decoration of the upper is a kind of variant of rococo reminiscent of wooden panels so frequent in the sacristy of Sicily. Surveys of the same style adorn the facade of Palazzo Borgia. A different form of almost rococo can be seen in the capitals of the octagonal temple of S. Lucy at the Sepulcher. The style is quite unusual in Sicily: the only analogy seems to offer reliefs in the spandrels of the former cloister Olivella, now the National Museum in Palermo.
Facade
The church has a high elevation (m. 25) composed of Ionic pilasters, the entablature which consists of a balcony enclosed by an elaborate railing goose breast. The portal with broken pediment supported by twisted columns with high pedestal is decorated with a frame containing rays, on which are placed a column, a sword, a palm and a crown, symbol of the martyrdom of S. Lucia. On the sides, enclosed by frames, coat of arms surmounted by the Spanish royal crowns. On the top of an iron cross removed because it was unsafe.
Internal
For unique collection class, is typical of monastic churches. In time a fervent eighteenth-century fresco "The Triumph of St. Lucia." Behind the altar there is a "Martyrdom of St. Lucia", painted intensely narrative Deodato Guinaccia (second half of the sixteenth century). The plasters were made by Blaise White Licodia in 1705, while the gilding of 1784 are as well as the restoration of the times with frescoes on the miracle of 1646. The frontal of silver was carried out by the goldsmith Francesco Messina Tuccio in 1726. On the right side you can see a painting by Giuseppe Offences (l64l) with the miracle of St. Francesco di Paola. The choir, finally, on the vertical of the vestibule, the nave is closed by a high wooden jealousy curvilinear.
Since 2010, the church hosts "The Burial of St Lucy" quaro that Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio painted between 1608 and 1609 during his stay in Syracuse, following the flight from Malta.
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Via Santa Lucia alla Badia
Via Santa Lucia alla BadiaThe Church and the Cistercian monastery dedicated to St. Lucia had a prominent place in the worship of the city, due to its location in the heart of Ortigia and especially for the feast of St. Lucia in May, which was established in memory of a miraculous intervention (which is still celebrated on the first Sunday of May), the patron saint during the famine of 1646, when the Santa would bring two ships loaded with grain in the port interrupting the long hunger of Siracusa, the " tell fames "that had hurt the people, as the plaque existing in the church below the nuns' choir. S. Lucia alla Badia seems to be built in two different styles: the lower part is the manner of Picherali with beautiful reliefs of Spanish coats of arms as it was before the ascent to the throne of Philip V in 1705, while the decoration of the upper is a kind of variant of rococo reminiscent of wooden panels so frequent in the sacristy of Sicily. Surveys of the same style adorn the facade of Palazzo Borgia. A different form of almost rococo can be seen in the capitals of the octagonal temple of S. Lucy at the Sepulcher. The style is quite unusual in Sicily: the only analogy seems to offer reliefs in the spandrels of the former cloister Olivella, now the National Museum in Palermo.
Facade
The church has a high elevation (m. 25) composed of Ionic pilasters, the entablature which consists of a balcony enclosed by an elaborate railing goose breast. The portal with broken pediment supported by twisted columns with high pedestal is decorated with a frame containing rays, on which are placed a column, a sword, a palm and a crown, symbol of the martyrdom of S. Lucia. On the sides, enclosed by frames, coat of arms surmounted by the Spanish royal crowns. On the top of an iron cross removed because it was unsafe.
Internal
For unique collection class, is typical of monastic churches. In time a fervent eighteenth-century fresco "The Triumph of St. Lucia." Behind the altar there is a "Martyrdom of St. Lucia", painted intensely narrative Deodato Guinaccia (second half of the sixteenth century). The plasters were made by Blaise White Licodia in 1705, while the gilding of 1784 are as well as the restoration of the times with frescoes on the miracle of 1646. The frontal of silver was carried out by the goldsmith Francesco Messina Tuccio in 1726. On the right side you can see a painting by Giuseppe Offences (l64l) with the miracle of St. Francesco di Paola. The choir, finally, on the vertical of the vestibule, the nave is closed by a high wooden jealousy curvilinear.
Since 2010, the church hosts "The Burial of St Lucy" quaro that Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio painted between 1608 and 1609 during his stay in Syracuse, following the flight from Malta.
Parks & Nature
Costa Blanca Plemmirio
Via Capo San VitoA great place for snorkelling and scuba diving.
It is the only area where papyrus grows naturally along the river banks.
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Riserva Naturale Fiume Ciane e Saline di Siracusa
It is the only area where papyrus grows naturally along the river banks.
The reserve belongs to the huge hyblean upland that characterizes much of south-eastern Sicily. It is 3712.07 hectares big, covers the municipalities of Sortino, Ferla, Cassaro, Buscemi and Palazzolo, all towns in the province of Siracusa. The territory of the reserve is an extraordinary collection which is of great natural, scenic, historical, archaeological and ethno-anthropological though. The river Anapo - which is the largest of the numerous perennial hyblean streams and one with the biggest lenght in Sicily - comes from Monte Lauro, and flowing eastward flows into the great harbor of Siracusa. For its geomorphological features and general orientation, the Anapo Valley is divided into three parts. The first range, between Monte Lauro and Palazzolo Acreide, it stretches a vast, arched plateau, in the second it begins to take the shape of a canyon (quarry), becoming narrow and steep walls, then winding meanders, lush the vegetation that covers the bottom and sometimes on the sides and in the third section, which turning to South-east runs from the foot of the Mountains Climiti till the sea, the valley becomes wider and curved. On the plateau and on its various grooves (Anapo, Cava Grande, Calcinara, Mills) the reserve includes famous Mediterranean plants related to the different nature. The National Manager, Corporate Regional State Forests - Provincial Office Syracuse, promotes the following paths:
"Saramenza" (km 0.97). From the Fusco entrance it descends to the banks of the river Anapo and dates, then, until the archaeological area.
"Bisanti" (km 1.2). Along the Anapo, dispensing a beautiful view of the North Necropolis of Pantalica and reach the path I.
"Necropolis north" (km 1.35). Embarked on the I path, it descends to the stream Calcianara up the road to Ferla.
"Anaktoron" (km 1.35). The route of the old railway, it reaches up from the valley floor, the Byzantine village of San Nicolicchio and the relics of the "Palazzo del Principe"
"Fonte del Giglio" (km 0.3). From the old railway till the Anapo river and the Giglio source
Pedestrian and cycle path "Giarranauti" (4 km). From the entrance of the district Palombazza until the plateau of Giarranuti (for renting the mountain bikes you need to reserve on time.)
These paths make it easier to discover the natural and archaeological sites of the reserve. The inputs of the reserve can be reached from Syracuse, through the SS114-124 street in the direction of Floridia and from there you can proceed to the entrance of Sortino Fusco (SP 28), or continuing (SP 30) to the entrance Ponte Diga of Ferla-Cassaro.
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Necropolis of Pantalica
The reserve belongs to the huge hyblean upland that characterizes much of south-eastern Sicily. It is 3712.07 hectares big, covers the municipalities of Sortino, Ferla, Cassaro, Buscemi and Palazzolo, all towns in the province of Siracusa. The territory of the reserve is an extraordinary collection which is of great natural, scenic, historical, archaeological and ethno-anthropological though. The river Anapo - which is the largest of the numerous perennial hyblean streams and one with the biggest lenght in Sicily - comes from Monte Lauro, and flowing eastward flows into the great harbor of Siracusa. For its geomorphological features and general orientation, the Anapo Valley is divided into three parts. The first range, between Monte Lauro and Palazzolo Acreide, it stretches a vast, arched plateau, in the second it begins to take the shape of a canyon (quarry), becoming narrow and steep walls, then winding meanders, lush the vegetation that covers the bottom and sometimes on the sides and in the third section, which turning to South-east runs from the foot of the Mountains Climiti till the sea, the valley becomes wider and curved. On the plateau and on its various grooves (Anapo, Cava Grande, Calcinara, Mills) the reserve includes famous Mediterranean plants related to the different nature. The National Manager, Corporate Regional State Forests - Provincial Office Syracuse, promotes the following paths:
"Saramenza" (km 0.97). From the Fusco entrance it descends to the banks of the river Anapo and dates, then, until the archaeological area.
"Bisanti" (km 1.2). Along the Anapo, dispensing a beautiful view of the North Necropolis of Pantalica and reach the path I.
"Necropolis north" (km 1.35). Embarked on the I path, it descends to the stream Calcianara up the road to Ferla.
"Anaktoron" (km 1.35). The route of the old railway, it reaches up from the valley floor, the Byzantine village of San Nicolicchio and the relics of the "Palazzo del Principe"
"Fonte del Giglio" (km 0.3). From the old railway till the Anapo river and the Giglio source
Pedestrian and cycle path "Giarranauti" (4 km). From the entrance of the district Palombazza until the plateau of Giarranuti (for renting the mountain bikes you need to reserve on time.)
These paths make it easier to discover the natural and archaeological sites of the reserve. The inputs of the reserve can be reached from Syracuse, through the SS114-124 street in the direction of Floridia and from there you can proceed to the entrance of Sortino Fusco (SP 28), or continuing (SP 30) to the entrance Ponte Diga of Ferla-Cassaro.
Cava Grande is a deep valley, called canyon by some people, formed by the non stop erosionof the Cassibile river during the passing of the centuries, the river created over the centuries a series of deep canyon in the limestone of the hyblean mountains. In the valley, has come to form a complex system of small waterfalls and natural reservoirs where often it's allowed to swim in.
It is about ten kilometers long, a maximum width of more than one thousand meters (at the confluence with the valley Passetti), and a maximum depth of over 300 meters. The highest altitude reached the plateau on the bed of the river is 520 m above sea level, but it is close to the viewpoint of Avola Antica, with its 507 meters, that the river reaches its maximum depth. In this section it reaches its maximum width of 1200 meters. In the 10 km length of the canyon, as mentioned, you can admire lots of lakes, with fresh and clear water, among which stand out for their beauty small lakes near Avola Antica accessible to the public through a historical scale, called Scala Cruci.
Cava Grande is known almost entirely for the lakes accessible from the path "cruci-scale" from the viewpoint that goes down to the valley floor. But Cava Grande, in fact, it has dozens of trails that allow you to reach every part of it.
Defended by inaccessible sheer cliffs of the quarry and the proximity of water, the Sicilians, who were maybe the first inhabitants of this place, built two rock villages, still difficult to reach and which now became part of the landscape.
Around the thirteenth century BC, some citizens of south-eastern Sicily, perhaps driven by the more aggressive Italic citizen, preferred to take refuge in these inaccessible and well defended places. At least two rock settlements are known, the northern one that you can notice as soon as you get a view from the lookout, and the southern, in the almost opposite side.
The first dates back to the XI-X BC, according to suggestion only second after Pantalica, where there are hundreds of cave tombs and early Christian tombs carved into the walls, arranged side by side, on six different parallel levels. The mouth of the river Cassibile is a hystorical place, as the captain Demosthenes in 413 BC with 6,000 Athenians had to surrender to the city of Siracusa.
These places were exploited until the first half of the last century. In fact, just above the ponds there was a monastery, which you can still see the ruins of and the homes of some families of Canicattini as Bombaci and Bird, who drew sustenance from the production of olive, carob and almond.
On the north side you can see a small cluster of cave dwellings. In the south there is a complex system of houses dug into the rock, placed side by side on six different parallel levels, connected by a system of tunnels and galleries. While the edge of the reserve, north-east, there are several ancient necropolis, in which were found rich grave goods and ceramic material: its unique decoration, called feathered or marbled, is part of the Ausonia culture which lived in the Aeolian islands and in eastern Sicily around the 1000 BC.
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Rezerwat przyrody Oriented Nature Reserve Cavagrande
SP4 Cava Grande is a deep valley, called canyon by some people, formed by the non stop erosionof the Cassibile river during the passing of the centuries, the river created over the centuries a series of deep canyon in the limestone of the hyblean mountains. In the valley, has come to form a complex system of small waterfalls and natural reservoirs where often it's allowed to swim in.
It is about ten kilometers long, a maximum width of more than one thousand meters (at the confluence with the valley Passetti), and a maximum depth of over 300 meters. The highest altitude reached the plateau on the bed of the river is 520 m above sea level, but it is close to the viewpoint of Avola Antica, with its 507 meters, that the river reaches its maximum depth. In this section it reaches its maximum width of 1200 meters. In the 10 km length of the canyon, as mentioned, you can admire lots of lakes, with fresh and clear water, among which stand out for their beauty small lakes near Avola Antica accessible to the public through a historical scale, called Scala Cruci.
Cava Grande is known almost entirely for the lakes accessible from the path "cruci-scale" from the viewpoint that goes down to the valley floor. But Cava Grande, in fact, it has dozens of trails that allow you to reach every part of it.
Defended by inaccessible sheer cliffs of the quarry and the proximity of water, the Sicilians, who were maybe the first inhabitants of this place, built two rock villages, still difficult to reach and which now became part of the landscape.
Around the thirteenth century BC, some citizens of south-eastern Sicily, perhaps driven by the more aggressive Italic citizen, preferred to take refuge in these inaccessible and well defended places. At least two rock settlements are known, the northern one that you can notice as soon as you get a view from the lookout, and the southern, in the almost opposite side.
The first dates back to the XI-X BC, according to suggestion only second after Pantalica, where there are hundreds of cave tombs and early Christian tombs carved into the walls, arranged side by side, on six different parallel levels. The mouth of the river Cassibile is a hystorical place, as the captain Demosthenes in 413 BC with 6,000 Athenians had to surrender to the city of Siracusa.
These places were exploited until the first half of the last century. In fact, just above the ponds there was a monastery, which you can still see the ruins of and the homes of some families of Canicattini as Bombaci and Bird, who drew sustenance from the production of olive, carob and almond.
On the north side you can see a small cluster of cave dwellings. In the south there is a complex system of houses dug into the rock, placed side by side on six different parallel levels, connected by a system of tunnels and galleries. While the edge of the reserve, north-east, there are several ancient necropolis, in which were found rich grave goods and ceramic material: its unique decoration, called feathered or marbled, is part of the Ausonia culture which lived in the Aeolian islands and in eastern Sicily around the 1000 BC.
Nebrodi Park was established in 1993. It includes the most important and largest woodland area of Sicily (about 50,000 hectares). It offers a very rich biodiversity made up of arboreal species and fauna specimens.
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Park Nebrodi
Nebrodi Park was established in 1993. It includes the most important and largest woodland area of Sicily (about 50,000 hectares). It offers a very rich biodiversity made up of arboreal species and fauna specimens.
Discover the beauty of Europe's largest active volcano, Mount Etna.
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Gruppo Guide Etna Nord
81 Via RomaDiscover the beauty of Europe's largest active volcano, Mount Etna.
A true paradise!
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Oaza Rezerwatu Przyrody Vendicari
Contrada VendicariA true paradise!
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Entertainment & Activities
Bike Trail Rossana Maiorca
Piazza CappucciniA beautiful place for a walk or a bike ride.
Getting Around
Europcar Siracusa
54 Corso Umberto IVisiting Noto is with no doubts a priority for those who want to come and visit the province of Siracusa. Called "the golden rock garden", Noto stuns every passengers for its delightful atmosphere and its aristocratic warm colours of the honey-coloured rocks. Times ago Noto was a city of nobles and prelates, the nowadays Noto is a centre of culture and art, where the magnificences are world heritage sites.
Between all the cities of the Noto Valley destroyed by the earthquake of the 1963, Noto is now considered the capital of the sicilian baroque: built anew in a different land from the one which was levelled and of which we only have some relices in the Alveria hill.
Reaching Noto driving between citrus trees, olive trees and almond trees is haunting, and over more is crossing the cool and shady streets of the public gardens or watching the rosy colour, sometimes golden, of the fronts of most of the churches, monasteries and aristocratics houses. Intentionally built up on the top of a soft hill, every corner, every patch is so deeply scenographic and it seems so pleasant to walk around the city, almost obliged to prostrate to admire an explosions of colours, decorations, embroideries of rocks, statues, rotund balconies and grids in wrought iron on majestic fronts.
Continuing the trip, you can arrive to Chiesa di S. Francesco and to visit the simple but elegant “S. Chiara” church, or from the S. Salvatore area till the masterpiece of "S. Domenico”, passing in front of a almost renew Cathedral which, after a monumental steps, triumphs over a sumptuosus loggia of Palazzo Ducezio, what stuns the most is the extraordinary armony of by and large. The balconies of Palazzo Nicolaci, on the homonymous street recalled by the citizen "The climb of the prince", are unique: original creations of the local artists which stun all the travellers because of the decorations made of sinuous sirens and winged horses. The Nicolaci street blooms every spring, as a hello to the good season, celebrated in Noto with the "Infiorata". "The climb of the prince" becomes a long carpet made of multi-coloured flowers which shows every year a different theme. The result is really picturesque.
Except for the holidays, the atmopsphere that usually you can breathe in Noto is of a calm city, not yet a caothic social tourist town, which still preserves, with pride, the memory of its past.
It's not only the baroque of his rock treasures, but it's also so much important fot the unique deliciousness of the food. The almond, the marzipan and the oranges turn into sweets sometimes dainty sometimes spicy, which can be greatly served with the local wine called "moscato" d.o.c. (guarantee of origin and quality of a wine.).
Just out of the town, going towards the sea, it's possible to walk around the golden beaches of “Marina di Noto”, “Calabernardo”, or, going southern, you arrive to the african dunes of the nature reserve of Vendicari, relics of an ancient tuna nets with quagmires for flamingos and migratory birds.
And if you are not yet fully satisfied and accustomed of the ancient archaeology, you can be surprised admiring the mosaics of Villa Romana del Tellaro, valued fopr the manufacture and the painted subjects.
For who wants to discover places far from the daily life, there is the suggestive Valle dei Miracoli, place loved by the hermit S. Corrado, nowadays patron of the town, or the impressive “Santuario della Madonna delle Scale”.
“Go to Noto..listen to my advices..it's a place which can rape you, turn you into an happy man and let you be stuck there..”, those lines were written by Gesualdo Bufalino. And we cannot but suggest you this precious advice.
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Noto
Visiting Noto is with no doubts a priority for those who want to come and visit the province of Siracusa. Called "the golden rock garden", Noto stuns every passengers for its delightful atmosphere and its aristocratic warm colours of the honey-coloured rocks. Times ago Noto was a city of nobles and prelates, the nowadays Noto is a centre of culture and art, where the magnificences are world heritage sites.
Between all the cities of the Noto Valley destroyed by the earthquake of the 1963, Noto is now considered the capital of the sicilian baroque: built anew in a different land from the one which was levelled and of which we only have some relices in the Alveria hill.
Reaching Noto driving between citrus trees, olive trees and almond trees is haunting, and over more is crossing the cool and shady streets of the public gardens or watching the rosy colour, sometimes golden, of the fronts of most of the churches, monasteries and aristocratics houses. Intentionally built up on the top of a soft hill, every corner, every patch is so deeply scenographic and it seems so pleasant to walk around the city, almost obliged to prostrate to admire an explosions of colours, decorations, embroideries of rocks, statues, rotund balconies and grids in wrought iron on majestic fronts.
Continuing the trip, you can arrive to Chiesa di S. Francesco and to visit the simple but elegant “S. Chiara” church, or from the S. Salvatore area till the masterpiece of "S. Domenico”, passing in front of a almost renew Cathedral which, after a monumental steps, triumphs over a sumptuosus loggia of Palazzo Ducezio, what stuns the most is the extraordinary armony of by and large. The balconies of Palazzo Nicolaci, on the homonymous street recalled by the citizen "The climb of the prince", are unique: original creations of the local artists which stun all the travellers because of the decorations made of sinuous sirens and winged horses. The Nicolaci street blooms every spring, as a hello to the good season, celebrated in Noto with the "Infiorata". "The climb of the prince" becomes a long carpet made of multi-coloured flowers which shows every year a different theme. The result is really picturesque.
Except for the holidays, the atmopsphere that usually you can breathe in Noto is of a calm city, not yet a caothic social tourist town, which still preserves, with pride, the memory of its past.
It's not only the baroque of his rock treasures, but it's also so much important fot the unique deliciousness of the food. The almond, the marzipan and the oranges turn into sweets sometimes dainty sometimes spicy, which can be greatly served with the local wine called "moscato" d.o.c. (guarantee of origin and quality of a wine.).
Just out of the town, going towards the sea, it's possible to walk around the golden beaches of “Marina di Noto”, “Calabernardo”, or, going southern, you arrive to the african dunes of the nature reserve of Vendicari, relics of an ancient tuna nets with quagmires for flamingos and migratory birds.
And if you are not yet fully satisfied and accustomed of the ancient archaeology, you can be surprised admiring the mosaics of Villa Romana del Tellaro, valued fopr the manufacture and the painted subjects.
For who wants to discover places far from the daily life, there is the suggestive Valle dei Miracoli, place loved by the hermit S. Corrado, nowadays patron of the town, or the impressive “Santuario della Madonna delle Scale”.
“Go to Noto..listen to my advices..it's a place which can rape you, turn you into an happy man and let you be stuck there..”, those lines were written by Gesualdo Bufalino. And we cannot but suggest you this precious advice.
Catania is an Italian city on the east coast of Sicily facing the Ionian Sea, between Messina and Syracuse. It is the capital of the Province of Catania, and is the second-largest city in Sicily and the tenth in Italy.
Catania is known for its historical earthquakes, having been destroyed by a catastrophic earthquake in 1169, another in 1693, and several volcanic eruptions from the neighboring Mount Etna, the most violent of which was in 1669.
Catania has had a long and eventful history, having been founded in the 8th century BC. In 1434, the first university in Sicily was founded in the city.In the 14th century and into the Renaissance period, Catania was one of Italy's most important cultural, artistic, and political centers.
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Catania
Catania is an Italian city on the east coast of Sicily facing the Ionian Sea, between Messina and Syracuse. It is the capital of the Province of Catania, and is the second-largest city in Sicily and the tenth in Italy.
Catania is known for its historical earthquakes, having been destroyed by a catastrophic earthquake in 1169, another in 1693, and several volcanic eruptions from the neighboring Mount Etna, the most violent of which was in 1669.
Catania has had a long and eventful history, having been founded in the 8th century BC. In 1434, the first university in Sicily was founded in the city.In the 14th century and into the Renaissance period, Catania was one of Italy's most important cultural, artistic, and political centers.
Avis
9 Via dei Millehttp://www.siracusaturismo.net/bus_elettrici.asp
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Mama's -Soul, Kitchen & Community Sharing: Movimentocentrale
33 35 ORTIGIA http://www.siracusaturismo.net/bus_elettrici.asp
Azienda Siciliana Trasporti
8 Via Necropoli del FuscoSiracusa station