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Subject: [Leica] [OM] Siracusa (Syracuse)
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2018 07:50:22 +0100
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The Diana fountain is my favorite.

Cheers,
Nathan

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> On 21 Nov 2018, at 07:21, Peter Klein <boulanger.croissant at gmail.com> 
> 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
> -- 
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