. Southern Italy and Sicily, with excursions to Malta, Sardinia, Tunis, and Corfu : handbook for travellers . Vacli Ceoai- W;iei; Dfbes. ia. Western Portion. SYRACUSE. 40. Route. 4l5 trarily assumed to be one of these. The shape of the grotto is evidentlydue to the rounding of the adjoining theatre. Farther on to theright, below the W. wall of the quarry, is the Gratia deCordari,so called from the rope-makers who carry on their handicraft neighbouring Latomia di Santa Venera (comp. Plan) has the mostluxuriant vegetation, but in other respects hardl
. Southern Italy and Sicily, with excursions to Malta, Sardinia, Tunis, and Corfu : handbook for travellers . Vacli Ceoai- W;iei; Dfbes. ia. Western Portion. SYRACUSE. 40. Route. 4l5 trarily assumed to be one of these. The shape of the grotto is evidentlydue to the rounding of the adjoining theatre. Farther on to theright, below the W. wall of the quarry, is the Gratia deCordari,so called from the rope-makers who carry on their handicraft neighbouring Latomia di Santa Venera (comp. Plan) has the mostluxuriant vegetation, but in other respects hardly repays a visit. The road then passes under the modern arches of the aqueduct,and leads to the right, past an osteria, to the *Greek Theatre. Thiswas one of the largest Greek structures of the kind, and was erectedin the 5th cent. It is hewn in the rock in a nearly semicircularform, 165 yds. in diameter. Distinct traces of forty-six tiers ofseats are still visible, and it is estimated that fifteen more must haveextended up to the level of the Nymphseum (see below). The ninecunei were intersected by
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