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.