Ortigia is an island that condenses, in just a few hundred meters, the complete grammar of the Mediterranean: Greek foundations, medieval layers, a Baroque style that is not only scenography but urban form, and a relationship with the sea so close that it becomes part of the architecture. To get your bearings, you need a simple idea: enter from the area of the Temple of Apollo, cross the axis of the squares, and reach the southern edge, where stone becomes fortress and water once again takes on the role of boundary.