
On the boat-train to Sicily - the train is loaded on the ferry at Villa San Giovanni in Reggio Calabria, at the toenail of the Italian peninsula, and conveyed across the Strait to Messina in Sicily

Arriving in Messina as the sun sets behind the town

Messina's cathedral in Piazza Duomo

The Giants Mata and Grifone sit on horseback in Messina's Piazza Unione Europea, looking out on the Strait of Messina and ships that pass

The dusk light colours the doorway of the ruined church of San Giovanni Battista in the island of Ortigia, the oldest part of the city of Siracusa

Above and Below: night in the magnificent Piazza Duomo in Ortigia





Duomo (Cathedral) di Siracusa in Piazza Duomo on the island of Ortigia

Above and Below : a Majolica shop in Ortigia




