Photo gallery

Photo gallery

The Church of St. Lucia to the Abbey

The Altar of Hieron II: Blood and fire place

The Gladiator performances

The Cathedral of Syracuse

Crypt of San Marciano

The Church of San Giovanni alle Catacombe

The Neapolis

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

Giudecca and air. The Basilica of San Giovannello

The Roman Amphitheatre

The Spanish fortification

The catacombs of San Giovanni

Giudecca and fire. Cooking and the Jewish religion

Giudecca and the earth element. Between gardens and artisan workshops

Legends and magic echoes in the Latomie of Syracuse

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

The cultural significance of tragedy

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

Neapolis from past to present

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

The Venationes

Syracuse during the tyranny of Dionysius

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

The Jews, a wandering people

The Senatorial Palace

The Museion and the Grotta del Ninfeo

Byzantine Pantalica

A journey to Pantalica

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

Temple of Apollo

Piazza del Duomo, a sacred place of the ancient Greeks

The Ear of Dionysius and the Grotta dei Cordari

Castello Maniace

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

Pantalica and water: the Myth of the Anapo River

Neapolis and the water element. The Nymphaeum

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

The Euryalus Fortress

Traces of Christianity in Syracuse

Inside the Cathedral of Ortygia

The architecture of the Piazza

Ortygia and water. The Fountain of Arethusa

Giudecca, the hidden Jewish heart of Syracuse

The Athenaion of the tyrant Gelon

The Dionysian Walls: a masterpiece of Greek engineering

Giudecca

The Cathedral of Syracuse

Ortygia. Venus rising from the waters of the port

Where seas and civilisations meet

The functions of Castello Maniace

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

The Greek Theatre of Syracuse

The interior of the Cathedral of Syracuse

Ortygia

The Culture of Pantalica

Nature in Neapolis

Pantalica: where nature and history merge

The naumachiae: naval battles at the theatre

Neapolis and the air element. The Ear of Dionysius

Pantalica and the earth element

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

The fountain of Diana in Piazza Archimede

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