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  • Syracuse. Sicily. Italy. View of the Keep from the Castello di Eurialo, the castle that formed part of the massive Greek defensive installation built to protect Ortygia – ancient Syracuse from invaders. The limestone fortifications were imposed by Dionysus the Elder in the 4th century BC and later improved by Hieron II. The fortification ran for a length of 32 kilometres, totally enclosing the city and is considered the most impressive Greek defences to have survived from antiquity. The castle is seven kilometres from the heart of Syracuse.
    Syracuse_Sicily_Italy_019.tif
  • Syracuse. Sicily. Italy. View of access passages at the Castello di Eurialo, the castle that formed part of the massive Greek defensive installation built to protect Ortygia – ancient Syracuse from invaders. The limestone fortifications were imposed by Dionysus the Elder in the 4th century BC and later improved by Hieron II. The fortifications ran for a length of 32 kilometres, totally enclosing the city and are considered the most impressive Greek defences to have survived from antiquity. The castle is seven kilometres from the heart of Syracuse.
    Syracuse_Sicily_Italy_025.tif
  • Syracuse. Sicily. Italy. View of ruins at the Castello di Eurialo, the castle that formed part of the massive Greek defensive installation built to protect Ortygia – ancient Syracuse from invaders. The limestone fortifications were imposed by Dionysus the Elder in the 4th century BC and later improved by Hieron II. The fortifications ran for a length of 32 kilometres, totally enclosing the city and are considered the most impressive Greek defences to have survived from antiquity. The castle is seven kilometres from the heart of Syracuse.
    Syracuse_Sicily_Italy_026.tif
  • Syracuse. Sicily. Italy. View of the innermost ditch at the Castello di Eurialo, the castle that formed part of the massive Greek defensive installation built to protect Ortygia – ancient Syracuse from invaders. The ditch gave access to a labyrinth of casemates and passages within the castle. The limestone fortifications were imposed by Dionysus the Elder in the 4th century BC and later improved by Hieron II. The fortifications ran for a length of 32 kilometres, totally enclosing the city and are considered the most impressive Greek defences to have survived from antiquity. The castle is seven kilometres from the heart of Syracuse.
    Syracuse_Sicily_Italy_022.tif
  • Syracuse. Sicily. Italy. View of the innermost ditch at the Castello di Eurialo, the castle that formed part of the massive Greek defensive installation built to protect Ortygia – ancient Syracuse from invaders. The ditch gave access to a labyrinth of casemates and passages within the castle. The limestone fortifications were imposed by Dionysus the Elder in the 4th century BC and later improved by Hieron II. The fortifications ran for a length of 32 kilometres, totally enclosing the city and are considered the most impressive Greek defences to have survived from antiquity. The castle is seven kilometres from the heart of Syracuse.
    Syracuse_Sicily_Italy_021.tif
  • Syracuse. Sicily. Italy. View of access passages at the Castello di Eurialo, the castle that formed part of the massive Greek defensive installation built to protect Ortygia – ancient Syracuse from invaders. The limestone fortifications were imposed by Dionysus the Elder in the 4th century BC and later improved by Hieron II. The fortifications ran for a length of 32 kilometres, totally enclosing the city and are considered the most impressive Greek defences to have survived from antiquity. The castle is seven kilometres from the heart of Syracuse.
    Syracuse_Sicily_Italy_024.tif
  • Syracuse. Sicily. Italy. View of access passages at the Castello di Eurialo, the castle that formed part of the massive Greek defensive installation built to protect Ortygia – ancient Syracuse from invaders. The limestone fortifications were imposed by Dionysus the Elder in the 4th century BC and later improved by Hieron II. The fortifications ran for a length of 32 kilometres, totally enclosing the city and are considered the most impressive Greek defences to have survived from antiquity. The castle is seven kilometres from the heart of Syracuse.
    Syracuse_Sicily_Italy_023.tif
  • Syracuse. Sicily. Italy. View of the Keep from the Castello di Eurialo, the castle that formed part of the massive Greek defensive installation built to protect Ortygia – ancient Syracuse from invaders. The limestone fortifications were imposed by Dionysus the Elder in the 4th century BC and later improved by Hieron II. The fortification ran for a length of 32 kilometres, totally enclosing the city and is considered the most impressive Greek defences to have survived from antiquity. The castle is seven kilometres from the heart of Syracuse.
    Syracuse_Sicily_Italy_020.tif
  • Syracuse. Sicily. Italy. View of a white Carrara marble statue of Madonna and Child inside the Duomo of Ortygia Syracuse. The Duomo, a 7th century AD church with an 18th century Baroque façade, was built on the foundations and incorporates the Doric columns from the 5th century BC Greek Temple of Athena. The Duomo is located on the tiny island of Ortygia, the original settlement of Syracuse, a former power house of the Mediterranean, located on the south east corner of Sicily.
    Syracuse_Sicily_Italy_017.tif
  • Syracuse. Sicily. Italy. View of a white Carrara marble statue of  Saint Catherine of Alexandria inside the Duomo of Ortygia Syracuse. The Duomo, a 7th century AD church with an 18th century Baroque façade, was built on the foundations and incorporates the Doric columns from the 5th century BC Greek Temple of Athena. The Duomo is located on the tiny island of Ortygia, the original settlement of Syracuse, a former power house of the Mediterranean, located on the south east corner of Sicily.
    Syracuse_Sicily_Italy_016.tif
  • Syracuse. Sicily. Italy. View of the Piazza Duomo, an attractive irregular square, which is surrounded by harmonious and striking Baroque buildings. The highlight of the square is the Duomo, a 7th century AD church with an 18th century Baroque façade, built on the foundations and incorporating the Doric columns from the 5th century BC Greek Temple of Athena. The Piazza Duomo is located on the tiny island of Ortygia, the original settlement of Syracuse, a former power house of the Mediterranean, located on the south east corner of Sicily.
    Syracuse_Sicily_Italy_013.tiff
  • Syracuse. Sicily. Italy. View of Doric columns from the peristalsis of the 5th century BC Greek Temple of Athena, incorporated into the wall of the Duomo. The Duomo, a 7th century AD church with an 18th century Baroque façade, was built on the foundations and incorporates the Doric columns from the 5th century BC Greek Temple of Athena. The Duomo is located on the tiny island of Ortygia, the original settlement of Syracuse, a former power house of the Mediterranean, located on the south east corner of Sicily.
    Syracuse_Sicily_Italy_015.tif
  • Syracuse. Sicily. Italy. View of the Duomo, a 7th century AD church with an 18th century Baroque façade, built on the foundations and incorporating the Doric columns from the 5th century BC Greek Temple of Athena. The Duomo is located on the tiny island of Ortygia, the original settlement of Syracuse, a former power house of the Mediterranean, located on the south east corner of Sicily.
    Syracuse_Sicily_Italy_014.tif
  • Syracuse. Sicily. Italy. View of the Greek Temple of Apollo, built in local limestone in the 6th century BC and the oldest peripteral Doric temple in Sicily. Dedicated to the Greek god Apollo, the Temple had an elongated plan with a colonnade of 6 by 17 columns, and its extensive ruins include part of the cella wall, columns stumps and two monolithic Doric columns, estimated to weigh 35 tons each. Through its long life, the temple was converted into a Christian Byzantine church, then an Arab mosque, a Norman church and lastly into Spanish prison. The Temple is located on the tiny island of Ortygia, the original settlement of Syracuse, a former power house of the Mediterranean, located on the south east corner of Sicily.
    Syracuse_Sicily_Italy_011.tif
  • Syracuse. Sicily. Italy. View of the Piazza Duomo, an attractive irregular square, which is surrounded by harmonious and striking Baroque buildings. The highlight of the square is the Duomo, a 7th century AD church with an 18th century Baroque façade, built on the foundations and incorporating the Doric columns from the 5th century BC Greek Temple of Athena. The Piazza Duomo is located on the tiny island of Ortygia, the original settlement of Syracuse, a former power house of the Mediterranean, located on the south east corner of Sicily.
    Syracuse_Sicily_Italy_012.tif
  • Syracuse. Sicily. Italy. View of the Greek Temple of Apollo, built in local limestone in the 6th century BC and the oldest peripteral Doric temple in Sicily. Dedicated to the Greek god Apollo, the Temple had an elongated plan with a colonnade of 6 by 17 columns, and its extensive ruins include part of the cella wall, columns stumps and two monolithic Doric columns, estimated to weigh 35 tons each. Through its long life, the temple was converted into a Christian Byzantine church, then an Arab mosque, a Norman church and lastly into Spanish prison. The Temple is located on the tiny island of Ortygia, the original settlement of Syracuse, a former power house of the Mediterranean, located on the south east corner of Sicily.
    Syracuse_Sicily_Italy_009.tif
  • Syracuse. Sicily. Italy. View of the Greek Temple of Apollo, built in local limestone in the 6th century BC and the oldest peripteral Doric temple in Sicily. Dedicated to the Greek god Apollo, the Temple had an elongated plan with a colonnade of 6 by 17 columns, and its extensive ruins include part of the cella wall, columns stumps and two monolithic Doric columns, estimated to weigh 35 tons each. Through its long life, the temple was converted into a Christian Byzantine church, then an Arab mosque, a Norman church and lastly into Spanish prison. The Temple is located on the tiny island of Ortygia, the original settlement of Syracuse, a former power house of the Mediterranean, located on the south east corner of Sicily.
    Syracuse_Sicily_Italy_008.tif
  • Syracuse. Sicily. Italy. View at the Parco Archeologico of the Ear of Dionysius, an ancient artificial cavern famous for its acoustics and ear like shape. Legend has it that the tyrant of Syracuse ‘Dionysius’ shut his enemies there and listened to their secret conversations from the outside. The cavern is 65 metres long, 5-11 metres wide and 23 metres high and is part of the ancient limestone quarry known as the Gardens of Paradise or Latomia del Paradiso.
    Syracuse_Sicily_Italy_007.tif
  • Syracuse. Sicily. Italy. View at the Parco Archeologico of the Ear of Dionysius, an ancient artificial cavern famous for its acoustics and ear like shape. Legend has it that the tyrant of Syracuse ‘Dionysius’ shut his enemies there and listened to their secret conversations from the outside. The cavern is 65 metres long, 5-11 metres wide and 23 metres high and is part of the ancient limestone quarry known as the Gardens of Paradise or Latomia del Paradiso.
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  • Syracuse. Sicily. Italy. View of the foundations of the Altar of Hieron II at the Parco Archeologico at Syracuse. The vast sacrificial altar, carved out of the rock, was commissioned by the tyrant Hieron II between 241-217 BC for large public sacrifices of bulls to Zeus.
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  • Syracuse. Sicily. Italy. View of the Greek Temple of Apollo, built in local limestone in the 6th century BC and the oldest peripteral Doric temple in Sicily. Dedicated to the Greek god Apollo, the Temple had an elongated plan with a colonnade of 6 by 17 columns, and its extensive ruins include part of the cella wall, columns stumps and two monolithic Doric columns, estimated to weigh 35 tons each. Through its long life, the temple was converted into a Christian Byzantine church, then an Arab mosque, a Norman church and lastly into Spanish prison. The Temple is located on the tiny island of Ortygia, the original settlement of Syracuse, a former power house of the Mediterranean, located on the south east corner of Sicily.
    Syracuse_Sicily_Italy_010.tif
  • Syracuse. Sicily. Italy. View at the Parco Archeologico of the Teatro Greco or Greek Theatre, cut from the bedrock and one of the largest theatres from the ancient Greek world. Originally built in the 6th century BC, the theatre seen today is primarily from the 3rd century BC, where it was modified by Hieron II to accommodate 15000 spectators in 59 rows of seats.
    Syracuse_Sicily_Italy_001.tif
  • Syracuse. Sicily. Italy. View at the Parco Archeologico of the Roman amphitheatre, hollowed out of the hillside and dating from around the 1st century BC. Elliptical is plan, the amphitheatre was mainly used for circuses and gladiatorial shows which wild animals were unfortunately part of.
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  • Syracuse. Sicily. Italy. View at the Parco Archeologico of the ancient limestone quarry known as the Gardens of Paradise or Latomia del Paradiso. Now planted with lemons, oleanders, bays and pomegranates, the former limestone quarry supplied limestone both for the ancient city and for export throughout the Mediterranean.
    Syracuse_Sicily_Italy_003.tif
  • Syracuse. Sicily. Italy. View at the Parco Archeologico of the Roman amphitheatre, hollowed out of the hillside and dating from around the 1st century BC. Elliptical is plan, the amphitheatre was mainly used for circuses and gladiatorial shows which wild animals were unfortunately part of.
    Syracuse_Sicily_Italy_004.tif
  • Syracuse. Sicily. Italy. View at the Parco Archeologico of the Teatro Greco or Greek Theatre, cut from the bedrock and one of the largest theatres from the ancient Greek world. Originally built in the 6th century BC, the theatre seen today is primarily from the 3rd century BC, where it was modified by Hieron II to accommodate 15000 spectators in 59 rows of seats.
    Syracuse_Sicily_Italy_002.tif