Photo gallery

Photo gallery

The Jews, a wandering people

The Spanish fortification

The cultural significance of tragedy

The functions of Castello Maniace

The Church of St. Lucia to the Abbey

Crypt of San Marciano

Giudecca

The Gladiator performances

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

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

Legends and magic echoes in the Latomie of Syracuse

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

The Dionysian Walls: a masterpiece of Greek engineering

Inside the Cathedral of Ortygia

The Cathedral of Syracuse

Pantalica and the earth element

The Greek Theatre of Syracuse

The Senatorial Palace

Byzantine Pantalica

Neapolis from past to present

Piazza del Duomo, a sacred place of the ancient Greeks

A journey to Pantalica

The naumachiae: naval battles at the theatre

The Roman Amphitheatre

Neapolis and the air element. The Ear of Dionysius

The Culture of Pantalica

Where seas and civilisations meet

Pantalica and water: the Myth of the Anapo River

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

Neapolis and the water element. The Nymphaeum

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

Syracuse during the tyranny of Dionysius

Ortygia

The Altar of Hieron II: Blood and fire place

The Cathedral of Syracuse

The Church of San Giovanni alle Catacombe

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

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

Temple of Apollo

Giudecca and the earth element. Between gardens and artisan workshops

The Museion and the Grotta del Ninfeo

Ortygia. Venus rising from the waters of the port

The Ear of Dionysius and the Grotta dei Cordari

Giudecca and air. The Basilica of San Giovannello

Castello Maniace

Giudecca and fire. Cooking and the Jewish religion

The interior of the Cathedral of Syracuse

The Venationes

The catacombs of San Giovanni

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

The Neapolis

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

The architecture of the Piazza

Pantalica: where nature and history merge

The Euryalus Fortress

Nature in Neapolis

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

The Athenaion of the tyrant Gelon

Traces of Christianity in Syracuse

Giudecca, the hidden Jewish heart of Syracuse

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

Ortygia and water. The Fountain of Arethusa

The fountain of Diana in Piazza Archimede