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Syracuse: Neapolis quarries



Syracuse: Neapolis quarries (Photo: Athena Review 2004)


The neapolis quarries, used in antiquity for building stones, are located at several adjacent limetone cliffs within the archaeological zone. Some were used as catacombs or burial shrines during the Byzantine period.

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