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Duomo, Ortygia, Syracuse, Sicily: the south aisle showing the massive fluted Doric columns integrated into the structure

RIBA Ref No RIBA25643
Artist/PhotographerSmith, Edwin (1912-1971)
CountryItaly
CityOrtygia
Subject Date-479
Image Date1954
ViewInterior
MediumPhotoprint
Library ReferenceESP/SCI/381 (ES1175)
OrientationPortrait
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditEdwin Smith / RIBA Collections
SubjectColumns ; Temples ; Metalwork ; Gates ; Cathedrals ; Colonnades ; Stone
NOTES: This was originally built as a temple to the goddess Athena in c. 480 BC but was converted into a Christian church in the 7th century and became the city's cathedral soon afterward. The ancient columns were integrated into the new structure. After the earthquake of 1693, a new Baroque facade, designed by Andrea Palma, was added to the cathedral and it was completed in 1753.
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