Syracuse, founded by the ancient Greeks, was the leading city in Sicily from the eighth century BC until conquered by the Arabs in the ninth century AD. The city of Archimedes, it is famous for its Greek monuments.
Introduction to Syracuse
Eating well in Syracuse
Ancient Greek Fortress
A boat trip on the river Ciane
Lucia was martyred in 304, during the persecutions of Diocletian, at the age of twenty-one. Her body remained in Syracuse until 1039 when it was taken first to Byzantium and
In July 1943, British, American and Canadian forces landed in Sicily in the first full-scale assault on Hitler’s Europe. It was a huge operation employing half a million men supported
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