{"id":201,"date":"2013-01-24T10:37:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-24T09:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:1981\/love-sicily.com\/?p=201"},"modified":"2020-02-06T11:16:31","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T10:16:31","slug":"parco-archeologico-neapolis-siracusa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.love-sicily.com\/en\/parco-archeologico-neapolis-siracusa\/","title":{"rendered":"Neapolis archaeological park – Siracusa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Neapolis Archaeological Park<\/strong> is the ancient Greece in all its splendor and includes most of the classical monuments present in Syracuse. Its was set up with the help of funds from the Fund for the South between 1952 and 1955, with the aim of grouping and facilitate sightseeing of the monuments of the important historic district Neapolis. Before the establishment of this \u201cpark\u201d, the extension of 240,000 sq m., The monuments were in a very messy run by private properties. Entering the park you can see the \u201cBasilica of St. Nicholas Cordari\u201d<\/strong> (XI century AD), which now houses the tourist office welcome. A few meters away is the \u201cRoman amphitheater\u201d<\/strong> (II-IV century AD), located almost opposite the basilica, which represents one of the most representative of the early Roman Empire.
 
To the west of the Roman amphitheater will visit the \u201cAltar of Hieron II\u201d (third century BC), which characterizes the third great monumental discovery in the old park. Later, but still in the immediate vicinity, you will be going to the \u201cGreek Theatre\u201d (fifth century BC) which is the largest theater in Sicily, among the largest of the entire world greek. The greek theater is famous all over the world and still very active thanks to periodic and annual \u201cClassic Performances\u201d in Syracuse handled masterfully by INDA, National Institute Of Ancient Drama. <\/p>\n\n\n\n