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