06-01-2007, 08:10 PM
Taormina
Theatre
Syracuse
museum, amphitheater, theater, temple = Duomo, Euryaleus fort, Blessed Virgin of the Tears (opposite museum)
(first read Thucydides, or -even better- Donald Kagan)
Piazza Armerina
Gela
city wall, museum
Licata (= Cape Ecnomus)
especially for the beach where Gen.Patton landed in '43
Agrigento
Temples, city, museum
Selinus
many temples, city
Marsala
Museum (has a Phoenician Warship!) + Motya!!!!
Segesta
Temple + city
Palermo
Archaeological Museum; Monreale, Capella Palatina. Most beautyful city of Italy*
Cefalu
Cathedral
*
[size=75:b8d42qom]Of course, Florence and Venice are more beautiful, but -let's face it- they are no cities. As a city, Florence has no heart (has been thrown to the tourists); and Venice is of course just the historical suburb of Mestre.[/size]
Theatre
Syracuse
museum, amphitheater, theater, temple = Duomo, Euryaleus fort, Blessed Virgin of the Tears (opposite museum)
(first read Thucydides, or -even better- Donald Kagan)
Piazza Armerina
Gela
city wall, museum
Licata (= Cape Ecnomus)
especially for the beach where Gen.Patton landed in '43
Agrigento
Temples, city, museum
Selinus
many temples, city
Marsala
Museum (has a Phoenician Warship!) + Motya!!!!
Segesta
Temple + city
Palermo
Archaeological Museum; Monreale, Capella Palatina. Most beautyful city of Italy*
Cefalu
Cathedral
*
[size=75:b8d42qom]Of course, Florence and Venice are more beautiful, but -let's face it- they are no cities. As a city, Florence has no heart (has been thrown to the tourists); and Venice is of course just the historical suburb of Mestre.[/size]
