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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica' has mentioned 'Byzantine' in the following places:
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| Contents 1 History 1.1 Archaic period 1.2 Classical period 1.3 Hellenistic period 1.4 Imperial Roman and Byzantine period 1.5 Emirate of Sicily 1.6 Norman kingdom of Sicily 1.7 High medieval period 1.8 16thxe2x80x9320th centuries 1.9 Modern history 2 Geography 2.1 Climate 3 Government 4 Demographics 5 Tourism 5.1 Buildings of the Greek period 5.2 Buildings of the Christian period 5.3 Other notable buildings 5.4 Famous people 6 Sports 7 See also 8 Notes 9 References 10 Further reading 11 External links | WIKI |
| Imperial Roman and Byzantine period[edit] | WIKI |
| [19] From 663 to 668 Syracuse was the seat of the Greek-speaking Emperor Constans II, as well as a capital of the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire and metropolis of the whole Sicilian Church. | WIKI |
| Constans II was assassinated when his plans to permanently replace the Byzantine capital of Constantinople with Syracuse became suspected. | WIKI |
| The city was besieged by the Aghlabids for almost a year in 827xe2x80x93828, but Byzantine reinforcements prevented its fall. | WIKI |
| It remained the center of Byzantine resistance to the gradual Muslim conquest of Sicily until it fell to the Aghlabids after another siege on 20/21 May 878. | WIKI |
| In 1038, the Byzantine general George Maniakes reconquered the city, sending the relics of St. Lucy to Constantinople. | WIKI |
| The Temple of Apollo, at Piazza Emanuele Pancali, adapted to a church in Byzantine times and to a mosque under Arab rule. | WIKI |
| Basilica of Santa Lucia Extra moenia, a Byzantine church built (after Norman rebuilt), according to tradition, in the same place of the martyrdom of the saint in 303 AD. | WIKI |
| The main altar is Byzantine. | WIKI |
| The Mikveh: a bath used for the purpose of ritual immersion in Judaism, built during the Byzantine era. | WIKI |
| Associated with the tombs are the remains of dwellings dating from the period of Greek colonisation and other vestiges of the Byzantine notably the foundations of the Anaktoron (Princexe2x80x99s Palace). | UNESCO |