 Siracusa, Via Alagona on the island of Ortygia |
 A view from the roof terrace of our apartment. |
 Castelo Maniace, Ortygia |
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 The Greek theater at Siracusa's archeological park |
 The Roman arena at the archeological park |
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 Noto, Saturday. A flower festival is in progress |
 Noto's City Hall |
 A palazzo in Noto |
 Local artists display their "vegetation" pictures at several sites---it's a contest. |
 A parade of antique cars |
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 Men in costume announce the festival's evening program |
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 The church of S. Antonio at Buccheri. |
 Looking out from Buccheri |
 We visit the mosaics at Piazza Armerina |
 A plaster model of the site---Villa Casale. |
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 The famous "bikini girls" |
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 The cyclops |
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 The Kiss |
 In the Valley of the Temples, looking up at Agrigento. |
 And looking down on San Leone. |
 We begin our walk in the Valley of the Temples. |
 The Temple of Concordia, 430 B.C. |
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 A wall runs along the ridge on which the temples sit. |
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 The Temple of Concordia viewed from the Temple of Juno. |
 The Temple of Juno. 450-440 B.C. |
 Looking towards Agrigento. The wild flowers were in full bloom. |
 Looking back to the temple of Juno as we cross a valley to the site of a Hellinistic settlement. |
 A geometric mosaic at the Hellenistic settlement. |
 The Temple of Hercules, 510 B.C. |
 A view as we climb up to the Greek theater at Segesta. |
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 The "unfinished" temple at Segesta, 430-420 B.C. |
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 The Greek theater at Segesta |
 Looking north from the Greek theater, we see the Gulf of Castellammare and the Autostrada. |
 Monte Cofano (629m) on the Tyrrhenean Sea, as viewed from the hill town of Erice (753m). |
 The Norman castle at Erice |
 In the nature reserve Lo Zingaro. |
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 La Vucciria, the open market in Palermo. |
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 Garibaldi in the Palermo Soccer colors |
 Mt. Etna from Catania |
 The elephant and the obelisk, symbols of Catania. |
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 The ceiling of our hotel room in Catania |
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