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Syracuse UNESCO world heritage sites

Syracuse Center

Maniace Castle at Piazza Frederico di Fevia
A feature of the castle is the decorated portal.

Fountain of Arethusa at Largo Aretusa
The Fountain of Arethusa (Italian: Fonte Aretusa) is a natural fountain on the island of Ortygia in the historical centre of the city of Syracuse in Sicily.

Cathedral at Piazza Minerva, 6
Its structure is originally a Greek doric temple.

Temple of Apollo at Largo XXV Luglio
It is dated to the beginning of the 6th century B.C. and is therefore the most ancient Doric temple in Sicily and more or less, the first which corresponds to the model of the temple surrounded by a peripteros of stone columns that became standard in the whole Greek world.

Roman Amphitheater at Viale Paradiso, 14
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.

Greek Theater at Viale Giuseppe Agnello, 8
The Greek theatre of Syracuse lies on the south slopes of the Temenite hill, overlooking the modern city of Syracuse in southeastern Sicily. It was first built in the 5th century BC, rebuilt in the 3rd century BC and renovated again in the Roman period.

Ear of Dionysius at Via Paradiso, 14
This cave was dug in Greek/Roman times as a water storage for Syracuse. A narrow tunnel was dug first. This tunnel was widened by digging down and sideways afterwards, giving the cave its unusual shape. The small narrow tunnel is still visible on the top of this artificial cave. An earthquake struck this area causing damage, and the cave became unusable for water storage afterwards.

Grotticelle Necropolis on Via Necropoli Grotticelle
The Grotticelle Necropolis presents the first traces of burial dating back to the Siculi of the Bronze Age, but its intensive use began in the Greek period V°-IV° century BC, and reaches its maximum glory in the Hellenistic period (III century BC), and then abandoned for a few centuries, and then be used again in the first century BC, in Roman times.

Catacomb of San Giovanni at Largo San Marciano, 3
The city's most extensive catacombs lie beneath the Basilica di San Giovanni, itself a pretty, truncated church that served as the city's cathedral in the 17th century.

Syracuse suroundings

Euryalus fortress at Piazza Eurialo, 1
The fortress was first established by Dionysius I, tyrant of Syracuse. Construction took place between 402 and 397 BC, with the intention that the fortress would protect the city from siege and attack by the Carthaginians.