Syracuse

Edited by: William Dello Russo
Photography: Luca Scamporlino
Format: softcover with flaps 16.5x23.5 cm, 96 pages

AVAILABLE EDITIONS
Siracusa. Guida artistica e archeologica
Language: Italian
ISBN 9788831403887

Syracuse. Art & Archaeology guide
Language: English
Translator: Carlo Irek
ISBN 9788831403894

Syrakus - Kunst- und Arch.ologieführer
Language: German
Translator: Esther Rosendahl
ISBN 9788831403900

Syracuse. Guide artistique et archéologique
Language: French
Translator: Jean-Luc Defromont
ISBN 9788831403917

Siracusa. Guía artística y arqueológica
Language: Spanish
Translator: Silvia Soto
ISBN 9788831403924

For Cicero, Syracuse was “the greatest of Greek cities, the most beautiful of all”.
Over two millennia later, this city nestled on the Ionian Sea retains its enchantment intact. Syracuse seduces with the splendour of ancient Greece, with the labyrinth of medieval alleys of Ortigia, and with the spectacular beauty of Sicilian Baroque. Between the island and the mainland, precious testimonies of the Renaissance and echoes of the large Jewish community emerge, while in the silence of the catacombs, one feels the deep breath of Christian history. The Mediterranean light caresses the golden stones worn by centuries and brings to life the faces and deeds of a unique city: here, travel companions include Antonello da Messina and Caravaggio, Frederick II of Swabia and Archimedes, Alpheus and Arethusa, and the sweet and luminous presence of Saint Lucia.
Between myth, art, and devotion, Syracuse continues to surprise and charm every traveller.