{"id":3507,"date":"2015-10-12T18:28:18","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T16:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/?p=3507"},"modified":"2026-10-02T13:04:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T11:04:23","slug":"syracuse-and-the-necropolis-of-pantalica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/syracuse-and-the-necropolis-of-pantalica\/","title":{"rendered":"Syracuse and the Necropolis of Pantalica"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h2><\/h2>\n<h2><b>Syracuse: the power of Magna Graecia overlooking the sea<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Founded in 734 BC, Syracuse became one of the greatest and wealthiest cities of the ancient world, rivaling Athens in political, cultural and military influence. Today, its heritage is still visible in its extraordinary monuments and archaeological sites.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Top UNESCO highlights in Syracuse<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/attrazione\/isola-di-ortigia\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Ortigia<\/b><\/span><\/a>, the island-city where myth, history and Baroque art converge<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/attrazione\/teatro-greco-di-siracusa\/\">Greek Theatre<\/a><\/b><\/span>, one of the largest in antiquity<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>The Ear of Dionysius<\/b><\/span>, a grotto famous for its acoustics<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>The Temple of Apollo and the Cathedral<\/b><span class=\"s1\">, built over an ancient Doric temple<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/attrazione\/parco-archeologico-della-neapolis\/\"><b>The Archaeological Park of Neapolis<\/b><\/a><b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Castello Maniace<\/b><\/span>, the Norman fortress overlooking the sea<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>The Necropolis of Pantalica: a prehistoric city of the dead in nature<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">About 40 km from Syracuse, the <span class=\"s1\"><b>Necropolis of Pantalica<\/b><\/span> spreads across the canyons of the Anapo and Calcinara rivers. With more than <span class=\"s1\"><b>5,000 rock-cut tombs<\/b><\/span> dating between the 13th and 8th centuries BC, it is one of the largest funerary complexes in the Mediterranean.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A dramatic landscape of cliffside tombs, Mediterranean vegetation, and absolute silence makes Pantalica an unforgettable archaeological and natural experience.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":50855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1918,1931,1932,1936],"tags":[],"luogo":[2950],"stagione":[1874,1877,1875,1876],"class_list":["post-3507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arte-e-cultura-en","category-arte-in-sicilia-en","category-luoghi-della-cultura-en","category-unesco-en","luogo-siracusa-syracuse","stagione-autumn","stagione-spring","stagione-summer","stagione-winter"],"acf":{"paragrafo_1":"<p class=\"p1\">The site <span class=\"s1\"><b>\u201cSyracuse and the Necropolis of Pantalica\u201d<\/b><\/span> is one of the most extraordinary cultural and natural complexes in Sicily and the entire Mediterranean. Recognized as a <span class=\"s1\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/category\/categorie-en\/arte-e-cultura-en\/unesco-en\/\">UNESCO<\/a> World Heritage Site in 2005<\/b><\/span>, it represents the perfect combination of the legacy of Greek civilization, the history of prehistoric Sicilian communities, and some of the most impressive landscapes in Europe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">It is a \u201cserial\u201d site made up of two distinct yet deeply connected locations: <span class=\"s1\"><b>the ancient city of <a href=\"\/localita\/siracusa\">Syracuse<\/a><\/b><\/span>, one of the great capitals of Magna Graecia, and <span class=\"s1\"><b>the rock-cut Necropolis of Pantalica<\/b><\/span>, symbol of prehistoric Sicily.<\/p>\n","titolo_paragrafo_1":"Detail","sottotitolo":"a UNESCO Heritage of Myth, Nature and Archaeology","localizzazione":"<div class=\"leaflet-map\" data-height=\"400\" data-map=\"leaflet\" data-map-lng=\"13.7988281\" data-map-lat=\"37.3177519\" 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