Syracuse (1)

In the afternoon, we went to the ruins of ancient Syracuse, particularly the Greek theatre, cut out of the rock and designed for 15,000 spectators:-

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Nearly as atmospheric is the adjacent Latomia del Paradiso, with the so-called Ear of Dionysus, a cave so named by Caravaggio:-

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