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Interiors with no roof and sand floors of the Church of John the Baptist.
Interior of an old courtyard nearby. IF those wall could only talk.
The narrow alleys are so much fun to walk through. Every turn has a surprise.
Walking in the Piazza  del Duomo
This was the first of two wedding within minutes to see the Bride and Groom. This was a Civil Ceremony.
Close up of the Bride and Groom in the Piazza del Duomo in the pedestrian square that is the heart of Ortigia. .
The first Bride
Piazza Duomo with the Church of Santa Lucia  in the distance. This baroque church features a painted ceramic floor & Caravaggio's "Burial of Saint Lucy."
Siracusa's Duomo is one of the town's most celebrated sights. The building records the many ages of the town. Once it was the Greek Temple of Athena, with a giant gold statue of the goddess on its roof. The massive Doric columns of the temple are still visible; rather wonky after earthquake damage.
Walking in the Siracusa Duomo, Church, is a second wedding taking place.
Another view of the second  wedding in progress.
The Cathedral of Syaracusa, is formerly the Cattedrale Metropolitana del Nativita De Maria Santissima.
Looking in the opposite direction in the Piazza del Duomo..
The Fonte Aretusa  is a fresh-water spring whose history goes back to the earliest Greek colonists. According to mythology, the spring is an embodiment of the nymph Arethusa, changed into a watercourse by her goddess Artemis/Diana in order to escape the attentions of unwanted suitor Alpheus (Alfeo). Since he too became a river in order for their waters to mingle, her ploy wasn't totally successful, though a local did descibe this to me as 'romantic'.
The second Bride and Groom strolling to the water front reception as I was having a leisurely lunch outside of a local restaurant.
A mega yacht docked in the harbor of Ortigia.
Other sailing yachts moored closed by
Welcome to the city of Catania and the Hotel Una Palace Hotel Catania dining room on the roof top area.
Roof top view of Catania.  Catania is an ancient port city on Sicily's east coast. It sits at the foot of Mt. Etna, an active volcano with trails leading up to the summit.
The Roman Amphitheatre of Catania was an imposing structure built in the Roman Imperial period, probably in the 2nd century AD, on the northern edge of the ancient city at the base of the Montevergine hill. Only a small section of the structure is now visible, below ground level, to the north of Piazza Stesicoro.

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