Our 2013 Holiday
In Sicily
Piazza Archimede is named for Archimedes, who was a scientist, mathematician and astronomer of Ancient Greece, lived in Syracuse and was killed during the Second Punic War by Roman soldiers. |
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Our 2013 HolidayIn Sicily |
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We happened by the Fonte Aretusa or Fountain of Diane while strolling around the old town section of Siracusa, which is located on the island of Ortygia, first colonized by the Greeks 2,700 years ago. |
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The fountain of Diane recounts the tale of Arethusa, a river nymph, who spurned the advances of the river God Alpheus and wished to remain a chaste attendant to Diane. 
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