RAGUSA
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Ragusa is the capital of the homonymous Province. It is built on a wide limestone hill between two deep valleys, "Cava San Leonardo" and "Cava Santa Domenica". In 1693 the city was destroyed by a huge earthquake, which killed some 5000 inhabitants. Following this catastrophe the city was largely rebuilt, many Baroque buildings date from this period. Most of the population moved to a new settlement, calling the new municipality "Ragusa Superiore" (High Ragusa) and the ancient city "Ragusa Ibla". Together with other seven cities in the Val di Noto, it is listed among the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Only the town of Ragusa can count 18 monuments listed in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Ragusa is also famous to be a natural set of various movies and Italian fictions as "Il Commissario Montalbano" (Montalbano Commissioner) by Andrea Camilleri.
Sites: Hyblean Archeological Museum, Palazzo Vescovile Schininà, Cathedral of San Giovanni Battista, Palazzo Zacco, Palazzo Bertini, Church of Santa Maria delle Scale, Palazzo Nicastro or "Vecchia Cancelleria", Church of Santa Maria dell'Idria, Palazzo Cosentini, Church of the "Anime Sante del Purgatorio", Church of San Filippo Neri, Palazzo Sortino-Trono, Church of San Francesco all'Immacolata, Palazzo Battaglia, Cathedral of San Giorgio, Palazzo La Rocca, Church of Santa Maria del Gesù, Church of San Giuseppe, Ibleo Garden, San Giorgio Portal, Church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli.
Hyblean Archaeological Museum (Ragusa Superiore)
The Museum is near Via Roma, one of the most important streets of Ragusa, in the first floor of Mediterraneo Palace, built in the end of 1950s. The museum houses the Ragusa's archaeology and its ancient history, from the Neolithic era up until the late ancient times with archaeological findings from ancient settlements that existed in the area of Rito, Castiglione, Scornavacche and Kamarina.
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