Sicily with Andante (2017)

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Italy - Sicily with Andante (2017)

This was our fourth trip with Andante: a wonderful 10-day trip to Sicily. The company, the food, the sights, the wildflowers,… We liked it all.

Himera - Ruins of the Temple of Victory

Little statuette in the Himera museum

Palermo cathedral in the evening light

Old and new art

Doric temple at Segesta

Set in a beautiful landscape

Nicely lighted columns

Amphitheater overview in Segesta

Doric temple in its landscape

Byzantine mosaics in the cathedral at Monreale

Arab-Norman moorish looking ceilings

Decorated columns in the Monreale abbey

View of the courtyard in the Monreale abbey

Column detail

View on the abbey tower

Magnificent view from Monreale out to sea and Palermo

Palermo - Archeological museum

Marble face in the archeological museum

Old statue found in the sea

Street in Palermo

Angel mosaic in the church of La Manatora

Another mosaic in La Manatora

Inside the church of San Cataldo

Sunshine view of the Parlermo cathedral

Ceiling overview of the Capella Palatina

"Lion" mosaic in the Capella Palatina

Saintly beautiful mosaics

Detail of the ceiling

Overview of the Capella Palatina

Two lions on the floor

Terracotta head in the Lilybaeum museum at Marsala

Punic boat in the Lilybaeum museum at Marsala

Wind mills and salt winning near Motya

Charioteer in the museum at Motya

View of the island of Motya

View on Sicily from Motya

Marsala street view

Quarry at Cave di Cusa with Doru and Mike

First temple (E) at Selinunte

Inside the temple

Ruins of temple G at Selinunte

View on temple E with Jenny next to last standing column

Driftwood with Temple Ruins in the Background

Temple C at Selinunte

View on the Eastern Hill temples at Selinunte

Old road at Selinunte

View on temple of Hera at Agrigento

Sun and shade - Archeological museum Agrigento

The Triquetra sign of Sicily on ancient pottery

Ancient Lion head water spout; very popular

Terracotta female head - Archeological museum Agrigento

Greek ideal beauty - not much has changed

Icarus?

Elegant Greek vase

Temple of Hera Lacinia at Agrigento

Temple of Concord at Agrigento

Detail of the temple

Temple of Heracles at Agrigento

Young almond

The Temple of Hera in the morning light

Villa Romana del Casale - splendid and opulent mosaics

Goat or antilope?

Exquisite geometric patterns

And hunting scenes

Depiction of a rhino without ever having seen one

Beach fashion 2000 years ago?

Deer-like mosaic

Good fishing

Do shields work against lions?

Pan

Tryclops that should be a cylops

Early "Nature in tooth and claw"

Eroticism in mosaics

Figgs and figures

Morgantina - wonderful spring growths

Overview of Morgantina

Overgrown ancient road

Ruins reclaimed by Nature

Morgantina

Syracuse - entering Ortygia

Piazza Duomo in the morning, Ortygia, Syracusa

Slanting street in Ortygia

Fountain of Artemis

Another pittoresque street in Ortygia

Archeological museum Syracuse - dwarf elephant

Ancient pottery in the Archeological museum Syracuse

Small bronze horse

Terracotta figurine

Bronze candle holder?

Votive offering figurine

Fashion model - old style

Outside the Archeological museum

Bougainvillea

Stairs at Neapolis archeological park

Spring at Neapolis archeological park

Roman amphitheatre

Weather-worn balcony in Syracuse

Ortygia quay at night

Ortygia duomo - interior with greek columns

Inside the Frederico II castle in Ortygia

View from a quay window on the Frederico II castle

Watchtower

Old Syracusan street

Inside a market shop

Small boat in the harbour

Church in Noto

Detail of the Noto cathedral doors

Architecture with art in Noto

Balconies in Noto

Slanting street in Noto

Tellaro Roman Villa - Tiger mosaic

Tellaro Roman Villa - cornucopia mosaic

Exploring the Eurialo castle

View on the modern Syracusan harbour from Eurialo castle

Exploring the Eurialo castle

View from the Eurialo castle

Stare into the camera

Necropoli Pantalica - nice setting for ancient burials

Burial room

Burial rooms hewn in the rocks

Nice valley view

Ortygia and the Mediterranean

Banyan trees

View on the Syracusan harbour

Looming Mount Etna

Catania: Greco-Roman amphitheatre

Water and steps at the amphitheatre

Going underground

Another volcano : mount Vesuvius and the bay of Naples

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