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2. Fountain of Arethusa - Wikipedia

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   The Fountain of Arethusa (Italian: Fonte Aretusa, Ancient Greek: Ἀρέθουσα [1]) is a natural spring on the island of Ortygia in the historical centre of the city of Syracuse in Sicily. According to Greek mythology , this freshwater fountain is the place where the nymph Arethusa , the patron figure of ancient Syracuse, returned to Earth ...

3. Category:Tourist attractions in Sicily - Wikipedia

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   Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Sicily" ... out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.

4. Syracuse, Sicily - Wikipedia

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   Syracuse is located in the southeast corner of the island of Sicily, next to the Gulf of Syracuse beside the Ionian Sea. It is situated in a drastic rise of land with 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) depths being close to the city offshore although the city itself is generally not so hilly in comparison.

5. Temple of Apollo (Syracuse) - Wikipedia

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   Floor plan. The temple's stylobate measures 55.36 x 21.47 metres, with its very squat columns in a 6 x 17 arrangement. It represents the moment of transition in the Greek west between temples with a wooden structure and those built completely out of stone, with a hexastyle front and a continuous colonnade around the perimeter which surrounds the pronaos and a naos divided into three aisles by ...

6. Ortygia - Wikipedia

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   Ortygia (/ ɔːr ˈ t ɪ dʒ i ə / or-TIJ-ee-ə; Italian: Ortigia [orˈtiːdʒa]; Ancient Greek: Ὀρτυγία, romanized: Ortygía) is a small island which is the historical centre of the city of Syracuse, Sicily. The island, also known as the Città Vecchia (Old City), contains many historical landmarks.

7. Roman amphitheatre of Syracuse - Wikipedia

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   The amphitheatre is located in the ancient suburb of Neapolis, in what is now an archaeological park, near the Greek theatre and the Altar of Hieron.The amphitheatre is on a different orientation to these other structures and probably follows the lines of an urban plan developed in the late classical period, which is reflected by the street discovered near the Sanctuary of Demeter in the ...

8. File:Monument to Archimedes in the Syracuse. Sicily, Italy.jpg

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9. Museo archeologico regionale Paolo Orsi - Wikipedia

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   In 1780 the Bishop Alagona inaugurated the Museo del Seminario which became the Museo Civico near the archbishop's house in 1808. Subsequently, a royal decree of 17 June 1878 sanctioned the creation of the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Siracusa, which was only inaugurated in 1886, in its historic location on the cathedral square.