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Siracusa





Seaboard town of approximately 126 000 inhabitants, which extends on the sea with the Ortigia island.

 
 

 


ile d'ortigia de siracuse

Ortigia

 

cathedrale de siracuse

Cathedral

port de siracuse

Seaport

 


Colonized at the VIIIth century b-JC by Greeks of Corinth which are established on the island of Ortigia, Syracusa falls quickly under the power of tyrants.

It was opposed a long time to Athens and Carthage. With its apogee under the tyrant Denys the Old (V - VI b-JC), it counted approximately 300 000 inhabitants and dominated Sicily.
Its cultural influence was major, having accomodated Plato, Archimedes, Ciceron, Eschyle, it generated the comic Greek theater.

The city passed later in 212 b-JC under the domination of Rome where it was largely plundered of its treasures, starting a long period of decline. It passed then under the power of the barbarians, the Byzantines, Arabic and the Norman ones.




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