Postcard from Siracusa, Sicily: From the Baroque to a modern landmark

Above: Chiesa del Carmine

Offering a quick glimpse of a few more churches in Siracusa.

There is a fairly consistent pattern in the history of the majority of these churches. They were built centuries ago; suffered substantial damage in the 1493 earthquake; and were rebuilt in Baroque style.

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