Ragusa

Ragusa is an Italian town that is the capital of the Free Municipal Consortium of Ragusa in Sicily which replaced the suppressed Province of Ragusa.

It is the seventh largest municipality in the region by population and third by area.

The municipal house stands at 502 m a.s.l. It is the southernmost capital of Italy.

It is called the "city of bridges", due to the presence of three very picturesque structures of historical value, but it has also been defined by writers, artists and economists as "the island within the island" or "the other Sicily", thanks to its history and a socio-economic context very different from the rest of the island.

In 1693 a devastating earthquake caused the almost total destruction of the entire city, killing more than five thousand.

The reconstruction, which took place in the eighteenth century, divided it into two large districts: on the one hand Ragusa upper, located on the plateau, on the other Ragusa Ibla, built from the ruins of the ancient city and rebuilt according to the ancient medieval layout.

The architectural masterpieces built after the earthquake, together with all those present in the Val di Noto, were declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2002.

Ragusa is one of the most important places for the presence of evidence of Baroque art, such as its churches and its eighteenth-century buildings

Map: Ragusa

vCard Info:

Address: Corso Italia, 72 - 97100
(RG) Sicilia
Latitude: 36.9255411
Longitude: 14.7291569
Site: https://www.comune.ragusa.gov....

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Type: City
Function: Public place
Creation date:
Last update: 11/07/2022