FLORIDIA

Floridia is a city of nearly 20,000 standing at 111m asl in the province of Siracusa. It began life as a hamlet in the early-1600s in the feudal dominion of the Duke Floridia Lucio Bonanno Colonna. Later, it became an administrative division of the neighboring Siracusa and gained city status in the early-1800s.

The major buildings in town are the 1700’s Chiesa Madre, with a fine baroque façade complete with a 1800’s three-sided clock, the 1700’s Chiesa di Sant’Anna, the 1700’s Chiesa del Carmine and the Chiesa della Madonna delle Grazie with, on the coat-of-arms in the main doorway, an incision claiming that the church was built by the Spanish to commemorate their victory over Austrians in the early-18th century.

In the city surroundings are sites of naturalistic interest such as the Cava di Spampinato or Culatrello, hewn by the erosion of creeks. The site claims a historical value too, as it was here that Athenians sought a shelter from Syracusans in 413 BC and were furtherly crushingly defeated nearby the Assinaros river. The Villa-Museum in the Cozzu zu Cola district, displays working tools and objects related to the peasant’s daily life.

Siracusa
Augusta
Avola
Buccheri
Buscemi
Canicattini Bagni
Carlentini
Cassaro
Ferla
Floridia
Francofonte
Lentini
Melilli
Noto
Pachino
Palazzolo Acreide
Porto Palo di Capo Passero
Priolo Gargallo
Rosolini
Solarino
Sortino

Arenella
Brucoli
Capo Passero
Eloro
Eremo San Corrado
Fontane Bianche
Laghetti Di Avola
Marina Di Avola
Marina Di Noto
Marzamemi
Noto Antica
Ognina
Pantalica
Ponte Saraceno
Vendicari
Leontinoi
Megara Hyblaea
Thapsos

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