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The site of the present-day cathedral has been a place of worship since antiquity. In the 5th century BC the tyrant Syracuse Gelon erected a large temple of Athena in the Doric order of 6 x 14 columns here.
In the 7th century, the Byzantines converted the ancient temple into a Christian church. The walls of the church include the Doric columns of the temple, which are visible to the present day. In 878 the church building was converted into a mosque. It became a church again after the regaining of Syracuse from the hands of the Muslims in 1085 by Count Roger I of Sicily. The facade of the church was damaged during the earthquake in Sicily in 1693. The new façade, which now adorns the cathedral, was made in the Sicilian Baroque style in the years 1725–1753.
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Miejsce obecnej katedry było miejscem kultu już w starożytności. W V wieku p.n.e. tyran Syrakuz Gelon wzniósł tutaj dużą świątynię Ateny w porządku doryckim o 6 x 14 kolumnach.
W VII wieku Bizantyjczycy przerobili starożytną świątynię na kościół chrześcijański. W mury kościoła włączono doryckie kolumny świątyni, które są widoczne do czasów współczesnych. W roku 878 budynek kościoła został przekształcony w meczet. Ponownie stał się kościołem po odzyskaniu Syrakuz z rąk Muzułmanów w 1085 roku przez hrabiego Sycylii Rogera I. Podczas trzęsienia ziemi na Sycylii w 1693 roku zniszczeniu uległa fasada kościoła. Nową fasadę, która obecnie zdobi katedrę, wykonano w stylu baroku sycylijskiego w latach 1725–1753.
A favorite spot of mine as it's easy to access and offers endless composition ideas.
The Great Salt Lake - GPS is not the exact spot of the shot.
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These clouds got my attention, and I had to scramble to find a composition that worked with them.
The more challenging part was to get in position. If I had walked in the water from the background, I would have left water bubbles. If I had stepped on either bank, I would have left footprints. The only option was the long way around the back and then work my way in.
GPS is the exact spot of the shot.
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A low-cost way to hold back sand is with tires. They are very effective when properly secured and backfilled with gravel. Behind me is an Earthen Road used decades ago. The tires here have escaped from the sand and found their way into the water.
The Great Salt Lake - GPS is not the exact spot of the shot.
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Syracuse, Sicily, Italy, 2022
Took a small stroll in a boat this evening and got the light and view I had hoped for. Have to mark his day in my calendar as mostly weather or fate will alter those conditions :-)
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Dedicated to my friend Wanda to whom I promised a photo and a thought. I looked in downtown Syracuse for a fish shop but found only this one.... I hope it will bring her a smile 😄
NYSW CL-2 departs Syracuse, New York for Cortland behind #3014, an ex-SP SD40T-2 snoot, leading two SD70M-2s, a few moments after the world's largest cloud finally opened up.
These rails were originally part of the DL&W mainline up to Oswego. The Lackawanna expanded up to Lake Ontario by acquiring the Syracuse, Binghamton, and New York Railroad in 1869. This would become the Lackawanna's principal connection to the Great Lakes giving the railroad an outlet for anthracite coal until it completed a brand-new mainline between Binghamton and Buffalo in 1882.
Just around the corner from here was the Lackawanna passenger depot at Armory Square, built during World War II. The Lackawanna ran a Syracuse-Philadelphia train, the Interstate Express, as well as a Syracuse-Binghamton local well into the late 1950s. Passenger service was finished by 1958.
Syracuse was dripping with these sorts of details. Alas, I was only there for a few hours. Need to go back someday.
Syracuse on the Island of Ortigia, Sicily, Italy, is a predominantly Baroque city with vestiges of antiquity scattered throughout.
Syracuse, Sicily, Italy.
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Une petite partie du port.
On y voit le célèbre navire humanitaire « Humanity 1 » et derrière le « Sea Cloud » luxueux voilier de croisière.
A small part of the port.
You can see the famous humanitarian ship "Humanity 1" and behind it the luxury cruise ship "Sea Cloud".
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