Church of San Giovanni Battista and Crypt of San Marziano
Complex of San Giovanni Battista. The Church of San Giovanni Battista was built in Norman times over the Roman catacombs which became a place of Christian worship towards the third century, when, according to tradition, it became the burial place of the first bishop of Syracuse San Marziano. The church was destroyed in the earthquake of 1693 and partially rebuilt using part of the material of the Norman church as can be seen by observing the portico that precedes the external facade rebuilt with material from the fourteenth century. A staircase on the right side of the remains of the Church of San Giovanni Evangelista, allows you to go down to the ancient Crypt of San Marziano, a hypogeum transformed into a church towards the sixth century, following the placement in the place of the body of San Marziano. The crypt contains numerous frescoes dating from the fifth to the seventeenth century.
Asset bound (Ministerial Decree of 29.09.1959)
Card insertion: Ignatius Caloggero
Photo: Ignazio Caloggero
Information contributions: Ignazio Caloggero, Web
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