Architecture sights in Syracuse
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Santuario della Madonna delle Lacrime
Supposedly modelled on the shape of a tear drop, Syracuse's newest landmark building (it opened in 1994 and reaches a height of 102m) is a rather ugly architectural conceit. The cavernous Santuario della Madonna delle Lacrime was commissioned to house a statue of the Virgin that allegedly wept for five days in 1953 and bestowed over 300 miraculous cures within a matter of months.
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Syracusan Forum
Near Piazzale Marconi the old Syracusan Forum (Foro Siracusano), once the site of the agora (marketplaces), is now bisected by a number of busy streets and overshadowed by some hideous architecture.
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Ara di Gerone II
West of the Roman amphitheatre is the 3rd-century-BC Ara di Gerone II (Altar of Hieron II). The monolithic sacrificial altar was a kind of giant abattoir where 450 oxen could be killed at one time.
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Tempio di Apollo
At the entrance to Ortygia lies the Tempio di Apollo, one of the first Greek structures built here. Little remains of the 6th-century BC Doric structure, apart from the bases of a few columns.
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