Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Italy is indeed one huge outdoor museum, Peter. Unfortunately, that link John McMaster shared yesterday seems to echo here - "Too many people" Douglas On 21/11/2018 06:21, Peter Klein via LUG wrote: > Here is the Greek theater of Siracusa.? Aeschylus, the father of Greek > tragedy, premiered "The Women of Aetna" here, and also staged a > production of "The Persians" in the 470s BCE.? It was hard to believe > that I was standing on the same stones.? I felt a similar "sense of > presence" when I stood in Mozart's apartment in Vienna. But Mozart > lived in that apartment only 240 years ago.? The theater is 10 times > older. Wow. > > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/45068676245/in/dateposted-public/> > > Behind the semi-circular stage, you can still see holes in the stones > where stage machinery was once mounted.? "Deus ex machina," anyone? > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/45068676145/in/dateposted-public/> > > > The Ear of Dionysius, a cave with amazing acoustic properties. > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/45068675975/in/dateposted-public/> > > > Fountain of Diana, created c. 1906-7: > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/45068675725/in/dateposted-public/> > > The Duomo, photobombed by a local: > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/45068675865/in/dateposted-public/> > > > Olympus E-M5 and Panasonic 20/1.7.? Click on any picture to enlarge. > Enjoy! > --Peter > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information