ITALY: Sicily May 2016

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Taormina:
Greek theater
 
Taormina: Roman
stage of the theater
 
Taormina:
view on the town
 
Taormina:
park with follies
 
Taormina: town wall
and gate from 1440
 
Taormina:
house
 
Taormina:
church San Giuseppe
 
Taormina:
church Santa Caterina
 
Villa Imperiale del Casale:
Roman imperial villa
 
Villa Imperiale del Casale:
mosaic of hunt
 
Villa Imperiale del Casale:
mosaic of catching fish
 
Villa Imperiale del Casale:
mosaic of exercise
 
Villa Imperiale del Casale:
mosaic of hunt and carriage
 
Villa Imperiale del Casale:
mosaic 'the 4 seasons'
 
Villa Imperiale del Casale:
mosaic of 3-eyed cyclope
 
Villa Imperiale del Casale:
mosaic of erotic scene
 
Agrigento: Greek
Hera temple, 2500 years old
 
Agrigento: Greek
Concordia temple, Doric
 
Agrigento:
Greek Herakles temple
 
Agrigento: sculpture of man,
used as a pillar (telamon)
 
Selinunte:
Greek temple
 
Selinunte:
ruin of temple
 
Selinunte:
plants on a stone
 
Selinunte:
Greek temple
 
Segesta: Greek theatre
situated up-high
 
Segesta:
landscape with temple
 
Segesta:
unfinished Greek temple
 
Segesta:
no grooves on pillars
 
Palermo:
the city upon sea
 
Palermo: housefront
with statues and fountain
 
Palermo: fountain
from 1555 and city hall
 
Palermo: Norman
San Cataldo, 12th century
 
Palermo: tower
of church La Martorana
 
Palermo: ahead:
mosaics, 12th century
 
Palermo:
Palace ot the Normans
 
Palermo:
mosaics in the palace
 
Palermo:
mosaics in the palace
 
Palermo:
towers ot the cathedral
 
Palermo: Monreale
cathedral, 12th century
 
Palermo: traditional
Sicilian horse cart
 
Cefalù
on the north coast
 
Cefalù
upon sea
 
Cefalù:
greengrocer's cart
 
Cefalù:
Medieval bath house
 
Cefalù:
small street
 
Cefalù: building,
13th century
 
Cefalù: cathedral,
12th century
 
Cefalù:
megalitic town wall
 
Messina
and mainland Italy
 
Messina:
town with many churches
 
Messina:
another one
 
Messina:
church on hill
 
Etna:
smoking vulcano
 
Etna:
pumice stone
 
Etna:
snow
 
Etna:
crater
 
Etna:
view on the vallley
 
Etna:
snow
 
Etna:
crater from 2003
 
Etna: the next day
smoking vigorously
 
Syracuse:
Greek Apollo temple
 
Syracuse:
section of a fountain
 
Syracuse: Palazzo
Beneventano del Bosco
 
Syracuse: Palazzo
facade at the courtyard
 
Syracuse:
baroque cathedral
 
Syracuse:
church of Santa Lucia
 
Syracuse:
Santa Lucia statue
 
Syracuse:
Arethusa well with papyrus
 
Syracuse:
street Via Veneto
 
Syracuse: old houses
with many flowers
 
Syracuse: southern
point with castle
 
Syracuse: 13th century
castle Maniace
 
Syracuse:
Greek sacrife altar
 
Syracuse:
Greek theatre
 
Syracuse:
water well
 
Syracuse:
grotto 'ear of Dionysus'
 
Syracuse:
Greek quarry
 
Syracuse: quarry,
later on called 'paradise'
 
Syracuse:
Roman amfitheatre
 
Syracuse:
Roman swimming pool
 

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