Top Things to do in Syracuse
What to do and see in Syracuse, Sicily: The Best Churches & Cathedrals
Once one of ancient Greece’s most important cities, today Syracuse (Siracusa in Italian) is a lively town of about 125,000 on Sicily’s southeast coast. The city overflows with amazing remnants from its long history. Romans, Vandals and Normans are but a few of those who ruled here after the Greeks. In Syracuse’s harbor, Ortygia Island (also called Città Vecchia or Old City) is the site of many of the main attractions, including the seventh-century cathedral and the Fountain of Arethusa.
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1. Chiesa di Santa Maria dei Pericoli
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
2. Chiesa di San Filippo Apostolo
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5.0 based on 246 reviews
Reviewed By mendip_7 - Axbridge, United Kingdom
We walked past this church one day and spotted a notice (in Italian) saying they do guided tours of the underground levels. went along the next day, and were really impressed. It's free (just leave a donation) and you see 3 levels including a Jewish Mikvah at the bottom. Fascinating if you like subterranean sights (Or sites..).
3. Chiesa S. Maria Della Concezione
4. Chiesa di San Giovanni Alle Catacombe
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4.5 based on 790 reviews
Descend into this maze of eerie tunnels niched with early Christian tombs hidden beneath the roofless, flower-filled ruins of a Norman church.
Reviewed By sad_its_over - Croydon, United Kingdom
You have to go on a tour but the tour was really good. The catacombes go on for a long way and it is interesting to hear their history.
5. Basilica Santa Lucia al Sepolcro
6. San Giovanni Evangelista
7. Duomo di Siracusa
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4.5 based on 5,637 reviews
Reviewed By DrEffieP - Wilmslow, United Kingdom
As most of us, I have seen a Ancient Greek temples or what is left of them-empty lines of columns. This duomo is built around the Doric columns of the ancient temple of Athena (Minerva) giving these lines of columns real dimension and perspective relevant to the role they originally served.
8. Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista
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4.5 based on 67 reviews
9. Chiesa del Carmine
10. Chiesa del Collegio dei Gesuiti
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