L'Orecchio di Dionisio Latomia del Paradiso Neapolis Parco Archeologico SYRACUSE Syracuse Sicile Italie L'UNION EUROPÉENNE.

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• ID de l’image: B0N6WH
• Taille du fichier: 52,7 MB (4,3 MB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - oui | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 3900 x 4724 px | 33 x 40 cm | 13 x 15,7 inches | 300dpi
• Date de la prise de vue: avril 2008
• Lieu: Neapolis Parco Archeologico Siracusa Syracuse Sicily Italy EU

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Dating from around 407bc, The Ear of Dionysius, is artificial limestone cave carved out of the Temenites hill. It s a man made cavern in the shape of a human ear, where the stone was quarried to build the nearby amphitheatre and other Greek buildings. It is about 65 metres long and 23 metres high, and has excellent acoustics. It is believed that the tyrant Dionysius I of Syracuse used the cave as a prison for political dissidents, and used the perfect acoustics to eavesdrop on the plans and secrets of his captives. Another more gruesome legend claims that Dionysius carved the cave in its shape so that it would amplify the screams of prisoners being tortured in it.

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