Richard S. Snyder

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Greek Theater, Archeological Park, Syracuse Sicily
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Greek Theater, Archeological Park, Syracuse Sicily

  • Vesuvius in the background, Naples Italy
  • Partenope's cafeteria, servicable food but nothing great
  • Beer was cold
  • DAY 3: First view of Sicily
  • Lifeboat, Partenope
  • Boat from the Partenope, Catania Sicily
  • Partenope in the Catania Sicily harbor
  • Syracuse (Siracusa) Sicily Archeological Park. The city was founded by Ancient Greek Corinthians and became a very powerful city-state. Syracuse was allied with Sparta and Corinth, exerting influence over the entire Magna Grecia area of which it was the most important city. Once described by Cicero as "the greatest Greek city and the most beautiful of them all", it later became part of the Roman Republic and Byzantine Empire. After this Palermo overtook it in importance, as the capital of the Kingdom of Sicily. Eventually the kingdom would be united with the Kingdom of Naples to form the Two Sicilies until the Italian unification of 1860.
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  • Entrance to the Greek Theater, Archeological Park, Syracuse Sicily
  • Greek Theater, Archeological Park, Syracuse Sicily
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