Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Syracuse, Italy

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 8 sights
Distance 2.3 km
Ascend 43 m
Descend 27 m

Explore Syracuse in Italy with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in SyracuseIndividual Sights in Syracuse

Sight 1: Ginnasio romano

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The Roman Gymnasium is a monumental complex in Syracuse, probably dating back to the second half of the first century AD but mistakenly identified as a gymnasium that includes a theater, a four-sided portico and a temple.

Wikipedia: Ginnasio romano (IT)

1229 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 2: Porta Urbica

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A city gate or city gate is an architectural element that is part of the circle of walls that surrounded, or surrounded, a built-up area.

Wikipedia: Porta urbica (IT)

198 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: Tempio di Apollo

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The Temple of Apollo is one of the most important ancient Greek monuments of Magna Graecia on Ortygia, in front of the Piazza Pancali in Syracuse, Sicily, Italy.

Wikipedia: Temple of Apollo (Syracuse) (EN)

413 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 4: Fountain of Diana

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Fountain of Diana Leandro Neumann Ciuffo / CC BY 2.0

The Fountain of Diana is a monumental fountain of 1907 by Giulio Moschetti, with the collaboration of his sculptor son Mario Moschetti, located in Piazza Archimede in Syracuse.

Wikipedia: Fontana di Diana (IT)

149 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Isola di Ortigia

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Ortygia is a small island which is the historical centre of the city of Syracuse, Sicily. The island, also known as the Città Vecchia, contains many historical landmarks.

Wikipedia: Ortygia (EN)

230 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Ipogeo di piazza Duomo

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Ipogeo di piazza Duomo Jerome Bon / CC BY 2.0

The hypogeum of Piazza Duomo, located in Syracuse, is an underground path that from the highest point of Ortigia, or from Piazza del Duomo, then appears at the Foro Italico where the walls of the Marina are located.

Wikipedia: Ipogeo di piazza Duomo (IT)

71 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Palazzo Borgia del Casale

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Palazzo Borgia del Casale stands in Piazza del Duomo in Syracuse, on the island of Ortigia.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Borgia del Casale (IT)

8 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 8: Chiesa di Santa Lucia alla Badia

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Chiesa di Santa Lucia alla BadiaGiovanni Dall'Orto / Attribution

Santa Lucia alla Badia is a baroque-style, Roman Catholic church, now deconsecrated, located on the south corner of the piazza duomo, located to the south of the facade of the Cathedral of Syracuse), located in the island of Ortigia, the historic city center of Siracusa in Sicily, Italy. The church building and adjacent former monastery is now used for special exhibitions and functions.

Wikipedia: Santa Lucìa alla Badìa, Siracusa (EN)

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