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Ancient Hybla was inhabited from the Bronze Age until c 664 BC, when the Syracusans destroyed it. Important necropolises from the period remain in a good state of preservation. The small man-made caves (the earliest are oval, later examples are recta..

This house once stood beside this artificial lake, the Biviere, which is surrounded by a garden constructed under the aegis of the Borghese princes around 1967, which contains a number of Mediterranean species including yuccas, palm trees, jacranadas..

The town defensive forward post for Syracuse as a result of its dominant and strategic position. On the hill was the acropolis but now you can see no more than a small theatre in white stone, linked to the bouleuterion or Council chamber. The two..

Dioniso the old surrounded the Epipoli plateau with ramparts. In total, there is 27 kilometres of ramparts! At Belvedere, on top of Eurialo hill stands one of the world's most impressive ancient fortresses. Three trenches take you into the keep in wh..

In front of the church there is a cobbled parvis. The church has an attractive facade in golden stone adorned with a balustrade enlivened with statues and a magnificent doorway surrounded by torso columns which are topped by garlands of fruit: the eu..

This is a small puppet theatre featuring the pupi of the maestro Ignazio Puglisi (1904-1986) in a collection arranged on various thematic lines: rooms devoted to monsters (devils, skeletons, giants), to knights, Saracens and to cartoni , silho..

Beyond the necropolis , follow the old decumanus which leads to the agora , where there are some remains from all the inhabited periods of the site on top of one another. There is a large Hellenistic house from the 4C BC, made up of some twenty r..

The nature trail through this protected reserve leads visitors through a gorge landscape of rockfaces, previously cut through by the Siracusa-Raguza-Vizzini railway line. Those wishing to enjoy a longer walk (13km) should access the reserve at the ..

The area has been inhabited since the protohistoric period. The town centre in which the philosopher Gorgias was born was established in 729 BC by the Chaldicians of Naxos. There you will see some wall ruins and pyramid-shaped monumental tombs. The S..

This palace is a must, its amazing balcony stretches along with consoles in the shapes of monsters, chimeras, grotesques and other figures, all more frightening as you go along and perfectly representative of the Baroque taste!

The former house of Baron Ferla has been transformed by the ethnologist Antonino Uccello into a museum where there are objects from daily local life, as well as an oil-press.

In a small valley, these twelve sculptures from the 3C BC are evidence in Sicily of an eastern origin cult. The main subject is the goddess Cibellus , who is seen sitting between two lions or on foot, surrounded by much smaller people.

The excavations have revealed circular plan huts from the 15C and 14C BC. Cisterns and a water canal are still visible on the site. Further on is a necropolis which has 450 tombs in small artificial caves.