"In this Aretusa source is very large at the time, and full of fish, and fortified with large stones, because it is not covered by the sea, the waves here are piglia freshwater fish, apart from salsa"
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"At the extreme of this island there is a source of fresh water whose name is Aretusa of incredible magnitude, complete with fish, whose flow would be submerged if everything was not separated from the sea by a massive stone wall.
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Fonte Aretusa is a body of water on the island of Ortigia in Siracusa, in the oldest part of the Sicilian city, a place of encounter between reality and legend, one of the most beautiful monuments of Syracuse.

Its origin is the development of one of the outlet of the water table that is located in Syracuse, the aquifer that also supplies the river Ciane on the opposite side of the port. Presents a circular room, with an inside move, or a double concentric circle.