The Wandering Scot
An occasional travel journal
Palermo
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| Approaching Sicily
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| Plaza Pretoria
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| Plaza Pretoria fountain
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La Martorana
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| La Martorana
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| La Martorana
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| La Martorana
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| La Martorana: Arabic inscription
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| Roger II receiving his crown
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Palermo Cathedral
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| Palermo Cathedral
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| Palermo Cathedral
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| Palermo Cathedral
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| Palermo Cathedral
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| Frederick II Hohenstaufen tomb
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| Constance of Aragon's Crown (13th c)
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Palazzo dei Normanni
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| Palazzo dei Normanni
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| Capella Palatina
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| Capella Palatina
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| Capella Palatina
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| Capella Palatina
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| Capella Palatina
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| Capella Palatina
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| Hall of King Roger
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| Hall of King Roger
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| Sala d'Ercole
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Monreale
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| Monreale Cathedral
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| Monreale Cathedral
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| Noah's Ark
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| Noah's Ark
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| God and Adam
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| Adam, Eve, Serpent
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| Adam & Eve, cast out
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| Monreale Cathedral cloisters
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| Cathedral Museum: 12th c icon
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Segesta
Temple of Segesta. An unfinished 5th c BC Doric temple.
Selinunte
The Temple of Hera ("G") is a 1950s rebuild from the fallen 5th c bc parts.
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| Temple of Hera
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| Temple of Hera
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| Temple of Hera
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| Temple of Hera
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| Fragments of giant temple "G"
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| Temple to Apollo ("C")
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| Temple to Apollo ("C")
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Agrigento
The Valley of the Temples
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| Temple of Juno (5th c bc)
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| Temple of Juno (5th c bc)
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| Temple of Concordia
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| Temple of Concordia
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| Temple of Concordia
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| Scotsman at Temple of Concordia
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| A 2011 bronze
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| Debris of giant Temple of Zeus
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(Replica) of a giant Telemon
(A male Caryatid)
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| Four pillars from Temple of the Dioscuri
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| Four pillars from Temple of the Dioscuri
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Sanctuary of the Chthonic Deities
(Demeter and Persephone)
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| My faithful steed
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| Central Sicily
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| Mighty Etna, 14 miles W of Catania
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Syracuse
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| Fragments from temple of Apollo (6th c BC)
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| Palermo cathedral
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Palermo cathedral
Wall incorporates pillars from Temple of Athena
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Palermo cathedral
Pillars from Temple of Athena
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| Palermo cathedral
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Palermo cathedral
Pillars from Temple of Athena
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Aretusa fountain
Supposedly a very ancient spring
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| Giant altar of Hieron II
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Greek theatre
Mostly boarded over for concert.
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| Ancient prison/quarry
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| Ancient quarry
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| Roman amphitheatre
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| Area of "Tomb of Archimedes"
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| Santuario Madonna delle Lacrime
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| Santuario Madonna delle Lacrime
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| Syracuse Pantheon
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Pozzallo
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| Tiny train to Pozzallo
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| 5 miles SW of Syracuse
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| 4 miles NE of Pozzalo
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| Torre Cabrera
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| WWI Memorial
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| Ferry to Malta
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| Ferry to Malta
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Catania
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| Elephant Obelisk
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| Elephant Obelisk
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| Cathedral
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| Church of St Agatha
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| Castello Ursino
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| Castello Ursino
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| Roman theatre
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San Nicolo all’Arena
Stubby, ugly, and never completed.
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| Roman amphitheatre
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Villa Romana
The Villa Romana del Casale, 4th c AD.
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| The "Bikini Girls"
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| Three-Eyed Cyclops
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Etna
Day one
Unfortunately a very misty day.
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| Misty Etna
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| 7 miles S of Etna
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| Lava tube
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| Lava tube
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| Roosting bats
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| Refugio Sapienza
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| Guide on Etna
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Scotsman on misty Etna
At top of cable car.
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Day two
Still misty at the base, but clear higher up.
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| Up the cable car
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| At top of cable car
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| Etna buses, from cable car top on up.
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| High on Etna
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| An upper cone
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| My loyal steed
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Exit
On the train to Rome.
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| 11 miles East of Etna
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| Train ferry
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| Train ferry
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| Exiting Messina
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| Villa san Giovanni, Italy
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| Mighty Vesuvius!
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Tunisia
