Augusta Attractions
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Communications
SS 114 Catania-Syracuse; railway station.
Location
Augusta lies on Sicily's eastern coast, 34km/21 mi to the north of Siracusa (Syracuse), on a narrow peninsula which juts out southwards into the Golfo di Augusta and which is flanked by two natural harbors (Xifonio in the east and Megarese in the west). The town used to owe its prosperity mainly to agriculture and the extraction of sea salt. However, war damage has adversely affected the town's appearance and the petroleum boom has played its part. Today the character of Augusta is determined by its various industries (cement factories, chemical and petro-chemical factories, refineries, petroleum docks) and its naval base.
SS 114 Catania-Syracuse; railway station.
Location
Augusta lies on Sicily's eastern coast, 34km/21 mi to the north of Siracusa (Syracuse), on a narrow peninsula which juts out southwards into the Golfo di Augusta and which is flanked by two natural harbors (Xifonio in the east and Megarese in the west). The town used to owe its prosperity mainly to agriculture and the extraction of sea salt. However, war damage has adversely affected the town's appearance and the petroleum boom has played its part. Today the character of Augusta is determined by its various industries (cement factories, chemical and petro-chemical factories, refineries, petroleum docks) and its naval base.
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