Siracusa - Parco Archeologico della Neapoli 
The district north of Viale Paolo Orsi and west of Viale Teracati, where Neapolis, the New Town, once lay, is attractive to the visitor because of the range of ancient sites in the Parco Archeologico. Driving round the area along Viale Rizzo there is a fine view to be had of the excavations, and from the junction with Viale Teracati can be seen the Necropolis and the Grave of Archimedes, as it is known.
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The narrow, made-up road Via Paradiso now leads down to the Altar of Hiero (on the left) and the house where entry tickets can be purchased (on the right). Behind this building turn left to the Greek Theater (Teatro Greco). Returning from there to the entrance, the other path leads down to the quarries (latomias) with the "Ear of Dionysios".
Returning once more to the entrance, this time take the Via Paradiso to the section on the right with the Roman Amphitheater (Antiteatro Romano), where entry tickets have to be shown again.
Returning once more to the entrance, this time take the Via Paradiso to the section on the right with the Roman Amphitheater (Antiteatro Romano), where entry tickets have to be shown again.
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Catacombs
From the church of San Giovanni in Syracuse a flight of steps leads down to the cruciform Crypt of St Marcian (fourth century, with remains of frescoes) and the adjoining Catacombs (Catacombe di San Giovanni), which are among the most imposing known, far larger than the catacombs of Rome.
Latomia dei Cappuccini
From the catacombs in Syracuse, going northeast along Via Augusto von Platen, with the entrance to the Catacombs of Vigna Cassia, and then 500m/550yd east along Via Bassa Acradina, past the Old Cemetery, we come to a Capuchin monastery and beside it the Latomia dei Cappuccini, one of the ancient quarries, in which the 7,000 Athenian prisoners taken in 414 B.C. were probably confined.
Latomia di Santa Venera
Immediately east of the Ear of Dionysius in Syracuse is the Latomia di Santa Venera, with a particularly lush growth of vegetation.
Nymphaeum
On a terrace above the theater in Syracuse was a colonnade and in the rock-wall behind a nymphaeum dedicated to The Muses; the spring water still flows from one of the niches and finds its way through ancient channels.
To the left lies a cemetery road cut into the rocks, with Byzantine grave-niches.
To the left lies a cemetery road cut into the rocks, with Byzantine grave-niches.
San Giovanni
Originally built in the Early Christian period, the church of San Giovanni in Syracuse was extended in the sixth century, destroyed by the Saracens in the ninth century, restored by the Normans in the 12th century, and has remained a ruin since the 1693 earthquake. The main section still standing is the 14th century portal wall.
Streets of Tombs
The Streets of Tombs (Via dei Sepolcri) in Syracuse, hewn from the rock, runs up in a curve for some 150m/165yd with numerous cavities and tomb chambers of the late Roman period.
