SiracusaBuscemi.
It existed in the Norman epoch and is mentioned by the Arab geographer Edrisi. It was later an important feudal centre. The old town, on Monte San Nicolo’, was destroyed by the earth- quake in 1693 and immediately afterwards rebuilt a little further to the N, in its present site.

The 18tb c. Chiesa Madre, dedicated to Natività di Maria Santissima, is in Corso Vittorio Emanuele. The church is characterized by the lively and dynamic scenographic decorations of the exterior: the interior has a nave and two aisles and contains a statue of Our Lady of Sorrows by Filippo Quattrocchi, which was in the Chiesa di Sant' Antonio; this building also has dynamic external decoration. The Chiesa di San Giacomo is particularly interesting. This single- hall church still has its original elliptic plan. The front portico is also elliptic and there is a quadrangular presbytery at the far end.