Sicily's Historic Coasts
The pictures

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Enna, Piazza Armenia, Pozzallo, Ragusa, Syracuse

Enna


North entrance to Enna, the way I climbed to the town.


Fourth century BCE coins of Sicily in the Alessi Numismatic collection in Enna.


Fifth century BCE coins of Gela, Sicily, in the Alessi Numismatic collection in Enna.


Fourth century BCE Punic (Carthaginian) coins of Sicily in the Alessi Numismatic collection in Enna.


Roman Republican coins used in Sicily in the Alessi Numismatic collection in Enna.


Coins of the Roman Emperor Vespasian in the Alessi Numismatic collection in Enna.


Coins of the Roman Emperor Hadrian in the Alessi Numismatic collection in Enna.


Large copper coins of various Roman Emperors in the Alessi Numismatic collection in Enna.


Known ancient mints in Sicily.

Piazza Armenia


A hare hides in a bush and more in the Roman villa’s mosaics near Piazza Armenia.

Pozzallo


Pozzallo’s beach.


Abandoned Pozzallo train station, distillery, and park.


Pozzallo's city square across from my hotel.

Ragusa


Ragusa.

Syracuse


Syracuse’s theater with Our Lady of Tears behind.


A Banyan tree in Syracuse.


Our Lady of the Tears church, Syracuse.


The temple of Athena gives structure to the cathedral of Syracuse.


The Baroque front of the cathedral of Syracuse.


The Ear of Dionysius in Syracuse.

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