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Postcard from Sicily – Piazza Archimede


Archimedes after whom the piazza was named was born in Syracuse in the 3rd century BC but the fountain of Diane the Huntress was built in 1906. The second photo is a typical street on the island of Ortigia on the tip of Syracuse.
Archimède qui a donné son nom à cette place est né à Syracuse au 3ème siècle avant JC mais la fontaine de Diane la Chasseresse fut construite en 1906. La deuxième photo est une rue typique de l’île d’Ortigia tout au bout de Syracuse.