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This vivid and engaging book weaves together the history, architecture and archaeology of Syracuse and is an essential companion for anyone visiting the city. Dubbed 'the greatest Greek city and the most beautiful of them all' by Cicero, Syracuse also boasts the richest history of anywhere in Sicily. This is the first modern historical guide to the city, exploring Syracuse's place within the island and the wider Mediterranean and revealing why it continues to captivate visitors today, more than two and a half millennia after its foundation. Over its long and colourful life, Syracuse has...

Dubbed the greatest Greek city and the most beautiful of them all by Cicero, Syracuse also boasts the richest history of anywhere in Sicily. This book the first modern historical guide to the city explores Syracuse s place within the island and the wider Mediterranean and reveals why it continues to captivate visitors today, more than two and a half millennia after its foundation. For more than 1,600 years, Syracuse was the leading city in Sicily and, at times one of the most powerful in the world. Over its long and colorful life, it has been home to many creative figures who have all...

Palermo is a destination with a difference. The city is a treasure trove of ancient monuments and works of art, combined with architecture of grand proportions. Jeremy Dummett provides the first concise history of Palermo, together with a survey of its most important monuments and sites. The city first blossomed under the Arabs and then the Normans and became the preferred city of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Sicily. Later it became the scene of the Sicilian Vespers when the island rose against the French, and in the late nineteenth century, Sicily finally gained independence....

This book delves into the fascinating and diverse history and culture of Sicily.

Palermo - the capital of Sicily - is a destination with a difference. The city is a treasure trove of original monuments and works of art, combined with architecture of grand proportions. Yet it also has a grittier side, shown by the continuing influence of the mafia. Jeremy Dummett here provides a concise overview of Palermo's eventful history, together with a survey of its most important monuments and sites. He looks at the influences of the city's various ancient rulers - the Phoenicians, Romans, Arabs and Normans - as well as its more recent incarnation as part of the Italian state. In...