IMG_2427 - Bronze Statue of the fallen Icarus, "Ikaro Caduto".
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IMG_2428 - The Archaic Doric style in 400 BC had 13 columns on each long side with 6 columns on each short side.
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IMG_2430 - I think my straight-edge shows the column bulge, but I do not see the hump in the eaves.
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IMG_2431 - The surrounding hills seen from the Valley of Temples.
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IMG_2434 - Modern Agrigento with the 11th century Chiesa di San Nicola, Church of St Nicholas.
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IMG_2435 - Prickly pear with fruits with toxic spines. To eat them, one picks them and cuts them open using tongs.
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IMG_2440 - Capra Girgentana is a breed of domestic goat indigenous to the province of Agrigento. (capra=goat=Isle of Capri)
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IMG_2442 - Entrance to the graveyard.
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IMG_2443 - Graves cut into the limestone.
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IMG_2444 - The 4th century Grotte Frangipani, catacombs.
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