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The Best Attractions In Acate

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Acate is a small town and comune in the south of Sicily, Italy, part of the province of Ragusa. It is located in the Dirillo River valley, 34 kilometres from Ragusa. Until 1938 it was called Biscari, and its history dates back until the 14th century. During World War II it was the location of the Biscari Massacre, in which American troops killed numerous unarmed German and Italian soldiers.
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  • 3. Sampieri Sampieri
    Sampieri is a southern Italian fishing village and hamlet of Scicli, a municipality in the Province of Ragusa, Sicily. In 2011 it had a population of 669.
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  • 5. Castello di Donnafugata Donnafugata
    Donnafugata Castle is located 15 kilometers away from Ragusa in Sicily, Italy. Although the origins of this place could be traced back to the fourteenth-century most of its current Neo-Classical and Neo-Gothic appearance belongs to the 19th century.
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  • 7. Necropolis of Pantalica Pantalica
    The Necropolis of Pantalica in southeast Sicily, Italy, is a collection of cemeteries with rock-cut chamber tombs dating from the 7th to the 13th centuries BC. There have been thought to be over 5000 tombs, although the most recent estimate suggests a figure of just under 4000. They extend around the flanks of a large promontory located at the junction of the Anapo river with its tributary, the Calcinara, about 23 kilometres northwest of Syracuse. Together with the city of Syracuse, Pantalica was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005.
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