According to Cicero, Syracuse was the finest and larges of all Greek cities and is now one of the most attractive towns in Sicily, with the beautiful surrounding scenery and important ruins of the ancient past. The names of the five districts of the Greek city still survive: they were Ortygia, Acradina, Neapolis, Tyche and Epipolis. Ortygia, which was the earliest Greek settlement has several fine Greek monuments. The Temple of Apollo is the most ancient doric temple in Sicily (early VI cent. B.C.); the Temple of Athene built at the beginning of the V century B.C. has six columns to the front and fourteen to the sides it was noted in antiquity for its richness and splendour. It was converted into a church and in A.D. became The Cathedral; the Greek elements incorporated in the building are still largely visible. A famous spot at Ortygia is the Fonte Aretusa (Arethusa's Fountain) Connected with the legend of Arethusa and frequently mentioned by classical poets. The most important ancient monument are in Neapolis. Here we find the Greek theatre, one of the largest places o enterteiment in the ancient world; it was entirely hewn out of the living rock until Roman times when a considerable amount of building in masonry was added to meet the demand for new types of setting. Next to the Theatre is the Altar of Hieron, nearly 200 yards long and 22 yards wide built for public sacrifices in the latter half of the III century B.C. Behind this the Roman Amphitheater, of elliptical shape 140x119 m. Neapolis has the most noteworthy group of Latomie ( stone quarries) in Syracuse; these are one of the main tourist attractions. One of them is Dionysos'Ear, noted for its acoustic peculiarities and the legend which accompanies them; another is the Cordari, once a rope-walk, as its name tell us; then we have Salnistro, Santa Venera and the Intagliatella, all offering a unique series of views. Other Syracusan Latomie are those of the Capuchins and the Casaie, very extensive and overgrown with greenery. One should note the archtecture of the Roman Gymnasium. The Eurialian Castle., outside the modern city, is a unique Greek defence work, with fosses, a thousand labyrinthine passages, tower and ring walls.