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9 Aug

Teatro Antico di Taormina

The ancient theatre is without question the most important feature for sight-seers in Taormina, also because for its very fortunate natural setting, with the splendid view toward the Calabrian coast, the Ionian coast of Sicily and the spectacular cone of Etna. The construction of the amphitheater starts probably by the Greeks around the third century. BC, at the time of Hiero II. […]

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9 Aug

Corso Umberto

The main street of Taormina is dedicated to Umberto I of Savoy, king of Italy from 1878 to 1900. The Corso Umberto Iwas part of the ancient Via Valeria which, crossing the city before falling down towards the sea, was connecting Messina to Catania. Bordered to the north by Porta Messina and to the south from Porta Catania, the Corso […]

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9 Aug

Naumachie

Brought to light only in 1943, the Naumachie is the remains of an old Roman wall, 130 meters long, with 18 niches that surrounded the Gymnasium. Built in the 1st Ct BC, it is, after the Greek theatre, the oldest structure in the town. The name Naumachie, meaning “the sea battle”, was wrongly given to the structure due […]

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