Photo gallery

Photo gallery

The Church of St. Lucia to the Abbey

The Roman Amphitheatre

Neapolis and the air element. The Ear of Dionysius

The Altar of Hieron II: Blood and fire place

Legends and magic echoes in the Latomie of Syracuse

Neapolis from past to present

Piazza del Duomo, a sacred place of the ancient Greeks

Ortygia and water. The Fountain of Arethusa

Ortygia and fire. Archimedes and the invention of the burning mirrors

Giudecca and the earth element. Between gardens and artisan workshops

The Spanish fortification

The functions of Castello Maniace

Roman Syracuse, a military power thanks to the genius of Archimedes

The Jews, a wandering people

Giudecca and water. The ritual baths: the Casa Bianca mikveh

Ortygia

The Cathedral of Syracuse

Giudecca, the hidden Jewish heart of Syracuse

Neapolis and the earth element. Places of performance: the Greek theatre and the Roman amphitheatre

Criteria for including Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica in the WHL

Castello Maniace

Giudecca and fire. Cooking and the Jewish religion

Nature in Neapolis

The Ear of Dionysius and the Grotta dei Cordari

The Cathedral of Syracuse

The Church of San Giovanni alle Catacombe

The Athenaion of the tyrant Gelon

The Senatorial Palace

Ortygia and the air element. The Gods of Olympus and the Temple of Apollo.

The Dionysian Walls: a masterpiece of Greek engineering

Giudecca

The interior of the Cathedral of Syracuse

The architecture of the Piazza

King Hyblon’s kingdom: Pantalica, between history and legend

The Museion and the Grotta del Ninfeo

The Venationes

The naumachiae: naval battles at the theatre

A journey to Pantalica

Pantalica and air. The skies of Pantalica: from hawks to bats

The catacombs of San Giovanni

Inside the Cathedral of Ortygia

Ortygia and the earth element. Piazza del Duomo: discovering the origins.

The Neapolis

Temple of Apollo

Pantalica and water: the Myth of the Anapo River

Giudecca and air. The Basilica of San Giovannello

The Gladiator performances

The fountain of Diana in Piazza Archimede

The cultural significance of tragedy

The Culture of Pantalica

Syracuse during the tyranny of Dionysius

Neapolis and fire. The Altar of Hieron and the sacrificial fire

The Euryalus Fortress

Ortygia. Venus rising from the waters of the port

Crypt of San Marciano

Neapolis and the water element. The Nymphaeum

Where seas and civilisations meet

Pantalica: where nature and history merge

Pantalica and fire. The Metal Age: objects from the culture of Pantalica

Traces of Christianity in Syracuse

Pantalica and the earth element

Byzantine Pantalica

The Greek Theatre of Syracuse