Siracusa (Syracuse) is located near the southeastern corner of Sicily on the Ionian coast. It is built on an ancient Greek settlement founded by the Corinthians in 734 BC. Some of the ancient sights to see in Syracuse are located in Ortigia (Ortegia), the medieval city’s historic centre.
The Temple of Minerva, Teminite Hill, an archeological park near Viale Teracati and Via G. Emanuele Rizzo and the Temple of Apollo, or Artemis will round out your visit to the area that once rivaled Athens as the most important city of the Greek world.
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