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Syracuse (Siracusa)

Syracuse (Siracusa)

Our last port of call in Sicily was Siracusa or Syracuse.  It has a 2,700 year history and was once a powerful city-state, one of the largest cities in the ancient world.  It was founded by Greeks but was also ruled by the Romans.  Because my husband is a retired physics teacher, I must mention that Syracuse was the birthplace of Archimedes.  He is famous for Archimedes’ Principle, which says that the buoyant force of an object placed in water…

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