Photo gallery

Photo gallery

The Church of St. Lucia to the Abbey

The Jews, a wandering people

The architecture of the Piazza

The Euryalus Fortress

The Museion and the Grotta del Ninfeo

The functions of Castello Maniace

Castello Maniace

Giudecca

Inside the Cathedral of Ortygia

Giudecca and fire. Cooking and the Jewish religion

Neapolis and the water element. The Nymphaeum

Giudecca and the earth element. Between gardens and artisan workshops

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

The Venationes

Giudecca, the hidden Jewish heart of Syracuse

The Roman Amphitheatre

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

Pantalica and water: the Myth of the Anapo River

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

The fountain of Diana in Piazza Archimede

The Athenaion of the tyrant Gelon

The Greek Theatre of Syracuse

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

The Spanish fortification

The Gladiator performances

Legends and magic echoes in the Latomie of Syracuse

Nature in Neapolis

Neapolis and the air element. The Ear of Dionysius

Neapolis from past to present

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

The cultural significance of tragedy

The Church of San Giovanni alle Catacombe

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

Ortygia and water. The Fountain of Arethusa

The Culture of Pantalica

The Dionysian Walls: a masterpiece of Greek engineering

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

The Ear of Dionysius and the Grotta dei Cordari

The catacombs of San Giovanni

Ortygia

Giudecca and air. The Basilica of San Giovannello

Traces of Christianity in Syracuse

Pantalica: where nature and history merge

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

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

Temple of Apollo

Byzantine Pantalica

The naumachiae: naval battles at the theatre

Pantalica and the earth element

The Neapolis

The Altar of Hieron II: Blood and fire place

Where seas and civilisations meet

A journey to Pantalica

Syracuse during the tyranny of Dionysius

The Cathedral of Syracuse

Ortygia. Venus rising from the waters of the port

Piazza del Duomo, a sacred place of the ancient Greeks

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

The interior of the Cathedral of Syracuse

The Senatorial Palace

The Cathedral of Syracuse

Crypt of San Marciano

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