ITALY Sicily Syracuse or Siragusa - 1854 Antique Print by BARTLETT

Description: INTERNATIONAL BUYERS:? The shipping rates shown are for '1st Class International Package' with tracking.? Ebay is also promoting their EIS International Shipping program on sellers pages. I do not use this program because it is more expensive, slower, not very transparent, and frustrating to the buyer, if something goes wrong. Do not select it, if ebay does show it as an option. Thank you. Syracuse (Siragusa) Another Fine Quality Print from Martin2001 Print Specifics: Type of print: Steel engraving - Original antique printYear of printing: not indicated in the print - actual: 1854 Artist: Bartlett - Publisher: Longman Brown Green & Company Condition: 1-2 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair). Light brownish tint in the blank margins. Dimensions: 8 x 10.5 inches, 20 x 26.5 cm, including blank margins around the image. Paper weight: 3 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)Reverse side: BlankNote: 1. Green color around the print in the photo is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed. 2. The print detail is much harper than the photo of the print. Original Narrative: Travelers who wish to make the ascent of Mt. Etna, which is 40 miles to the southwest of Messina, must either take horses or wait for a steamer, which sails once a week for Catania and Syracuse, or Siragusa. The former is the sea-port for Mt. Ætna. Unless it is your intention to devote some time to traveling in Sicily, it will hardly be an object to diverge from your route to visit Catania and Syracuse. As there are no steamers from these ports to Malta, you must retrace your steps to Messina. Catania is situated at the foot of Mt. Etna. It contains 60,000 inhabitants. The plan of the city is very fine, and no remains, however, remnants of an amphitheatre larger than the Coliseum at Rome, a hippodrome, odeum, and theatre, with numerous temples, aqueducts, baths, and fountains. The principal manufacture here is silk. The city exports largely snow from Mt. Etna, wine, olive oil, olives, figs, soda, and manure. Syracuse lies about 30 miles south from Catania. Its population, which in ancient times was 250,000, is now about 20,000. Among the objects of antiquity which it now possesses is the Cathedral, which was converted from the Temple of Minerva. The famous fountain of Arethusa, the glory of ancient Syracuse, is now degraded into a washing-tub. The Latomiæ, or prisons cut in the solid rocks. The "Ear of Dionysius."-This is supposed to be the prison where the tyrant Dionysius incarcerated suspected persons. It is formed in the solid rock in the shape of the letter S, narrowing gradually toward the end. Along the prison runs a groove, which collected the sounds of the voices. By applying his ear to the end of the groove he could ascertain whether his suspicions were correct. The Catacombs in Arcadina are of vast extent. They consist of one principal avenue, with smaller ones branching off, cut in the solid rock. The recesses on each side contain cells for the reception of the dead. Martin2001 Satisfaction Guaranteed Policy! Any map purchased from me may be returned for any (or no) reason for a full refund including all postage. Internet seller since 1998.Five-star service.

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