Syracuse (Italy)

37°04N 15°18E, pop (2000e) 122 000. Seaport capital of Siracusa province, Sicily, S Italy; 53 km/33 mi SE of Catania; founded by Greek settlers, 734 BC; leading cultural centre, 5th-c BC; taken by the Romans, 212 BC; archbishopric; railway; food processing, paper making, construction, petrochemicals, tourism; birthplace of Archimedes, Theocritus; cathedral (640), Greek theatre (3rd-c BC), Roman amphitheatre, temples, aqueducts.

Syracuse may refer to:

Large cities:

Syracuse, New York Syracuse, Sicily

Small cities and other municipalities:

Syracuse, Indiana Syracuse, Kansas Syracuse, Missouri Syracuse, Nebraska Syracuse, Ohio Syracuse, South Carolina Syracuse, Utah

Syracuse, New York Suburbs:

East Syracuse, New York North Syracuse, New York

Syracuse may also refer to:

Syracuse University, in Syracuse, New York Syracuse problem, a famous unsolved problem in mathematics

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