The houses and streets of modern Syracuse rise above an underground world, a dense network of tunnels carved directly into the stone: the catacombs, dating from 220 to 315 AD.
The custom of burying the dead in underground places was already known to the Etruscans, Jews and Romans, but underground c...
Just outside the ancient walls of the city, near the Neapolis Archaeological Park, stands the Church of San Giovanni alle Catacombe in all its beauty.
The evocative open-air church houses two treasures dug into the rock in its cellars: the [approfondimenti id="3344" testo_link="crypt of St. Marcian...
Above the underground environment of the Catacombs stands the church of San Giovanni, considered the largest sacred monument built in the early Middle Ages together with the Byzantine basilicas in Ravenna. With its beautiful white stone rose window and elegant Gothic-Catalan portico, this place repr...
The crypt of San Marciano is located in a site that was, in the classical Greek period, first a stone quarry and later, in the late Hellenistic period, a potter's workshop. The current elements of the crypt can be traced back to the 9th century, but these are clearly an integral redefinition of a mu...
MiC – Ministero della Cultura
Legge 77/2006 - Misure Speciali di Tutela e Fruizione dei Siti Italiani di Interesse Culturale, Paesaggistico e Ambientale, inseriti nella “Lista Del Patrimonio Mondiale”, posti sotto la Tutela dell’ UNESCO Regione Siciliana.
Assessorato dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana, Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana.
Parco archeologico della Valle dei Templi di Agrigento.