Experts' Choice Award Temple of Apollo (Tempio di Apollo)
What the experts agree on
Syracuse's Temple of Apollo showcases layered Mediterranean history—its 6th-century BC columns reveal a site that evolved from Greek temple to Byzantine church to mosque, then Norman church, telling Sicily's cultural transformations through stone.
“Built in the 6C BC, dedicated to Apollo, it was transformed over the centuries: into a Byzantine church, a mosque, then a church again under the Normans.”
– Michelin Guide
Fodor's "Scattered through the piazza just across the bridge to Ortygia are the ruins of a temple dedicated to Apollo, a model of which is in the Museo Archeologico." Full review
