The most famous work in the Gallery is The Annunciation by Antonello da Messina, painted in 1474.

It is a painting exibithedt in the church of Santa Lucia alla Badia in the Piazza Duomo by the famous italian painter Caravaggio.

The mikveh in the Giudecca, the city's Jewish quarter until 1492 is situated in Ortigia. This is the oldest mikveh known to survive in Europe. Its a ritual bath, consisting of 3 pools.The Syracusan Mikveh is located beneath a beautiful 17th-century residence. The mikveh of Siracusa dates from the Byzantine period following the fall of the "western" Roman Empire.

The Shrine of Our Lady of Tears is a churche began in 1966 but completed in 1994. Its size is impressive. Relief of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, made of plaster and placed above the marital bed of a young married couple Angelo Iannus and Antonina R. Giusto, cried human tears on 29th, 30th and 31st of August as well as on 1st September 1953. The Weeping Madonna of Syracuse is one of the most unusual of the approved miraculous images of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Just on the outskirts of the city. A pretty relaxing boat trip along the river with the wild papyrus. The Cyperus papyrus was probably sent to Hieron II by the Egyptian ruler Ptolemy II Philadelphus at the time of Archimedes The area is now protected as part of the Natural Reserve of Fiume Ciane and Saline di Siracusa, created in 1984.

We sail on board of M/n Linea d'Ombra to discover the charming natural scenary of the Porto Grande, together with places,myths and legends inside this port that from the ancient times was the active centre of “ the greatest Greek city and the most beautiful of them”as Cicero described Syracuse.

Its one of the 5 anti-aircraft shelter of Siracusa. Its located underneath Piazza Duomo and its open to vistors.