Photo gallery

Photo gallery

The Church of San Giovanni alle Catacombe

Ortygia and water. The Fountain of Arethusa

Legends and magic echoes in the Latomie of Syracuse

Nature in Neapolis

The Euryalus Fortress

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

Ortygia. Venus rising from the waters of the port

Inside the Cathedral of Ortygia

The Greek Theatre of Syracuse

The Cathedral of Syracuse

The Church of St. Lucia to the Abbey

The Venationes

Pantalica and water: the Myth of the Anapo River

Giudecca and air. The Basilica of San Giovannello

Giudecca and the earth element. Between gardens and artisan workshops

The catacombs of San Giovanni

The functions of Castello Maniace

Ortygia

The Jews, a wandering people

Neapolis and the water element. The Nymphaeum

Giudecca and fire. Cooking and the Jewish religion

Neapolis and the air element. The Ear of Dionysius

The Altar of Hieron II: Blood and fire place

Pantalica: where nature and history merge

The architecture of the Piazza

The Museion and the Grotta del Ninfeo

The Roman Amphitheatre

The Gladiator performances

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

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

The Ear of Dionysius and the Grotta dei Cordari

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

Crypt of San Marciano

Traces of Christianity in Syracuse

The Senatorial Palace

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

The Cathedral of Syracuse

The Spanish fortification

Giudecca

Temple of Apollo

The Athenaion of the tyrant Gelon

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

The Dionysian Walls: a masterpiece of Greek engineering

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

Syracuse during the tyranny of Dionysius

Where seas and civilisations meet

Neapolis from past to present

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

The naumachiae: naval battles at the theatre

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

Pantalica and the earth element

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

The cultural significance of tragedy

A journey to Pantalica

The Neapolis

The Culture of Pantalica

The fountain of Diana in Piazza Archimede

Giudecca, the hidden Jewish heart of Syracuse

Castello Maniace

The interior of the Cathedral of Syracuse

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

Byzantine Pantalica

Piazza del Duomo, a sacred place of the ancient Greeks