OUR TRIP THROUGH SOUTHERN ITALY, FEB 2003
PHOTOS OF SICILY Page 2
Agrigento vicinity
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- View of Agrigento
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- Temple of Concordia, built c.440-430 BC, never restored and still standing after 2500 years
Mosaics in Piazza Armerina at the Roman Villa of Casale which is over 1600 years oldForty different floors were discovered at this site in the 1900’s, ending in 1950
Click on picture for larger view
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- Mosaic floor located in the gymnasium depicting chariot races. The picture of the obelisk easily dates the mosaic.
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- Mosaic floor showing the capturing of African animals
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- Mosaic floor showing bikini clad women-16 hundred years ago
For an extensive photo gallery of the mosaics at Piazza Armerina, connect here.
Taormina area
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- Street in Taormina
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- View from our Taormina hotel
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- Taormina with Mt. Etna in background
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- View of Castlemola, town higher up than Taormina
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- Mount Etna, 11,000 feet high, 6th largest in the world. Click to see the smoke still rising from this active volcano
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- Taormina’s sea coast, showing the Mediterranean’s blue water
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- Greek theatre in Taormina, hewed from the rock. Added columns are Roman
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- View from Castlemola
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- View from Castlemola
After leaving Taormina we head for Syracuse
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- Greek theatre at Syracuse, still being used
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- Ear of Dionysus”, a limestone quarry
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- Roman theatre at Syracuse, used for gladiator games
Traveling north to Sorrento and the Almafi Coast
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- Ferry from Messina across the Straits
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- Towns along the way with terraced gardens
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- Other towns along the way
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- Typical towns going north from Syracuse
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- Coast near Sorrento
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- Coast near Sorrento, longer view
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- Mt. Vesuvius from our balcony
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- View from our hotel in Sorrento