Basilica del Murgo ★
The remains of a large Cistercian church wanted by Frederick II and never finished, at Agnone Bagni, near the sea.
Augusta: 3 places to start with
- Castles Porta Spagnola Augusta's seventeenth-century entrance, with griffins, the crown of Charles II and the arms of the viceroy Benavides.
- Nature Saline di Augusta Augusta's old salt pans, now a protected wetland where flamingos, avocets and black-winged stilts stop.
- Churches Basilica del Murgo The remains of a large Cistercian church wanted by Frederick II and never finished, at Agnone Bagni, near the sea.
10 places covered in Augusta Grouped by type, most important first.
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Churches and places of worship
4Chiesa delle Anime Sante del Purgatorio
Augusta's Baroque church tied to the Arciconfraternita dei Bianchi, with a façade attributed to Juvarra.
Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta
Augusta's mother church in piazza Duomo, rebuilt after the earthquake of 1693, with a nave and two aisles.
Santuario della Madonna dell'Adonai
A cave sanctuary near Brucoli that tradition traces to the first Christians, found again by a herdsman.
Castles, palaces and villas
3Porta Spagnola ★
Augusta's seventeenth-century entrance, with griffins, the crown of Charles II and the arms of the viceroy Benavides.
Castello di Brucoli
Queen Juana's fifteenth-century fortress at the mouth of Brucoli's canal-harbour, with the lighthouse.
Castello svevo
Frederick II's fortress at the northern end of the island of Augusta, built between 1232 and 1242.
Nature and viewpoints
1Saline di Augusta ★
Augusta's old salt pans, now a protected wetland where flamingos, avocets and black-winged stilts stop.
Archaeology
1Catacombe del Mulinello
An early Christian catacomb studied by Paolo Orsi in the Mulinello valley, beside Bronze Age tombs.
Museums, theatres and collections
1Megara Iblea
The remains of the Greek colony founded in 728 BC near Augusta, with one of the oldest known agoras.
Tours, tickets and experiences
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