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District of Graziella

The Graziella, place of sailors, is among the most ancient places of the city, caractherized by an eccentric architectural disorder, hosts the churches of Sain Paul and Sain Pietro and the Apollo's Temple.

Popular district in the heart of Ortigia Island. The Graziella is one of the oldest districts in Siracusa; it covers the area behind the market town of Via De Benedictis up to Via Vittorio Veneto.

The name of the district, as in many other parts of Italy, comes from the devotion to the Madonna of the Graces.
The architecture of the district witnesses, even today, the Arab influence that, after the destruction of the city at the time of the conquest, was rebuilt in a very messy way, left to the imagination and the needs of the moment.

Not even the earthquake of 1693 led to a tidier reconstruction, because there was a strange way of taking actions. Instead of removing the rubble and carry out a work schedule it was decided to pile up the rubble in the streets and in the squares adding further mess to the existing one. The rhonchi, in fact, are lower than the streets of one or more meters.
The ronco becomes then an extension of the houses, which are small and obtained by the splitting of the property.
The parcelling of the properties is also evident in the number of external steps getting up to the first floor of the houses, which create a characteristic mix of different materials used for railings and stairs.

Via Arizzi and Via delle Grazie, with their rhonchi, are those which fully reflect the uniqueness of the fishing district.
Until the first half of the nineteenth century it was one of the liveliest districts of the city, full of alleys, with its rhonchi, home to craft shops, wineries, bakeries, and many commercial activities.
After the post-war it went thrugh a long period of neglect, which resulted in the migration of its people in the upper part of Siracusa, and the consequential emptying of the area.

Absolutely to visit is the Church of Saint Pietro, the most ancient of Siracusa, the Church of Saint Paul, neighborhood parish, the Apollo's Temple, nearby to this one.

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Ronco II alla Graziella 3,

96100 Siracusa SR