Language studies abroad : Adults : Italian : Italy : Syracuse

Learn Italian in Syracuse, Italy

Known as the largest city of the Hellenic world outside of Athens, Syracuse keeps prestigious remains of its history in the magnificent collections of its archaeological museums. The capital of the Syracuse province in the south-east of Sicily embodies the island's cultural and architectural richness. Syracuse is twofold, with its expanding modern part and the old Syracuse located on the island of Ortygia, which is classed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This and its Temple of Athena, its Greek theatre, its fort...are invaluable remnants of the past. There are others, including the Temple of Apollo and Temple of Olympian Zeus. In this city of a thousand facets, you are faced with three millenia of the history of civilisation in the Mediterranean. The sea is omnipresent everywhere you go, in the cobbled streets, in the cafés, restaurants, in the market where you can buy fish, fruits and vegetables, You will find the people have a generous and open spirit, typical of the people of the Mediterranean. Syracuse is an incredible place to go to learn Italian, with its dream setting,its architectural monuments, azure blue sea and Sicilian culture.

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