Photo gallery

Photo gallery

The Gladiator performances

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

Where seas and civilisations meet

Byzantine Pantalica

A journey to Pantalica

Giudecca and the earth element. Between gardens and artisan workshops

The Altar of Hieron II: Blood and fire place

The Euryalus Fortress

The architecture of the Piazza

Neapolis and the air element. The Ear of Dionysius

Pantalica: where nature and history merge

The Culture of Pantalica

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

Castello Maniace

The naumachiae: naval battles at the theatre

Traces of Christianity in Syracuse

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

Pantalica and water: the Myth of the Anapo River

Ortygia

The Neapolis

The cultural significance of tragedy

The Church of St. Lucia to the Abbey

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

Pantalica and the earth element

Neapolis from past to present

The Senatorial Palace

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

Nature in Neapolis

The functions of Castello Maniace

The Jews, a wandering people

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

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

Legends and magic echoes in the Latomie of Syracuse

The Cathedral of Syracuse

Inside the Cathedral of Ortygia

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

The Venationes

The Athenaion of the tyrant Gelon

The Spanish fortification

Crypt of San Marciano

The Dionysian Walls: a masterpiece of Greek engineering

Syracuse during the tyranny of Dionysius

Piazza del Duomo, a sacred place of the ancient Greeks

The Cathedral of Syracuse

The Museion and the Grotta del Ninfeo

The catacombs of San Giovanni

The Church of San Giovanni alle Catacombe

The Greek Theatre of Syracuse

The interior of the Cathedral of Syracuse

Giudecca

The Ear of Dionysius and the Grotta dei Cordari

Temple of Apollo

Giudecca and air. The Basilica of San Giovannello

Ortygia. Venus rising from the waters of the port

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

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

Giudecca and fire. Cooking and the Jewish religion

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

Neapolis and the water element. The Nymphaeum

The Roman Amphitheatre

The fountain of Diana in Piazza Archimede