Photo gallery

Photo gallery

The Church of San Giovanni alle Catacombe

The Gladiator performances

The Roman Amphitheatre

The architecture of the Piazza

The Jews, a wandering people

A journey to Pantalica

The naumachiae: naval battles at the theatre

Inside the Cathedral of Ortygia

The Spanish fortification

Legends and magic echoes in the Latomie of Syracuse

Ortygia. Venus rising from the waters of the port

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

Giudecca

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

Crypt of San Marciano

Temple of Apollo

Nature in Neapolis

The catacombs of San Giovanni

The Church of St. Lucia to the Abbey

The Museion and the Grotta del Ninfeo

Traces of Christianity in Syracuse

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

Syracuse during the tyranny of Dionysius

The Euryalus Fortress

The Cathedral of Syracuse

Neapolis and the air element. The Ear of Dionysius

Neapolis and the water element. The Nymphaeum

Giudecca, the hidden Jewish heart of Syracuse

Ortygia

Castello Maniace

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

The Ear of Dionysius and the Grotta dei Cordari

The functions of Castello Maniace

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

The Senatorial Palace

Byzantine Pantalica

The fountain of Diana in Piazza Archimede

The interior of the Cathedral of Syracuse

The cultural significance of tragedy

The Venationes

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

Giudecca and the earth element. Between gardens and artisan workshops

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

The Athenaion of the tyrant Gelon

Where seas and civilisations meet

Giudecca and air. The Basilica of San Giovannello

The Cathedral of Syracuse

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

Piazza del Duomo, a sacred place of the ancient Greeks

Pantalica and water: the Myth of the Anapo River

Pantalica: where nature and history merge

Neapolis from past to present

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

Giudecca and fire. Cooking and the Jewish religion

Pantalica and the earth element

Ortygia and water. The Fountain of Arethusa

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

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

The Culture of Pantalica

The Neapolis

The Altar of Hieron II: Blood and fire place

The Dionysian Walls: a masterpiece of Greek engineering

The Greek Theatre of Syracuse