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Sicily's Top 14
Piazza del Duomo (
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), Ortygia
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Syracuse's charms will sneak up on you. Alight from the train or bus station into the
city's sterile modern centre, and you just might wonder what the fuss is all about. But turn
a corner or two and its layers of history will soon have you swooning. Suddenly you're
standing in a vast field of Greek ruins (
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)
, gazing down over delicate papyrus
plants in an ancient pool (
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)
or wandering through a glimmering marble-paved
square (
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)
where ancient temple columns peek out from under a cathedral's
baroque facade.
