Temple of Apollo (Tempio di Apollo) Syracuse

Piazza Pancali, Ortygia Syracuse , Sicily, Italy

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    The birthplace of Archimedes

    ... reason you come to Syracuse.  we explore the little island, saw the ruins of what used to be the Temple of Apollo, a fountain dedicated to the philosopher/astronomer Archimedes since he was born here, Plato also often visited Syracuse.  we saw ...

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    In Search of Archimedes. Find Puppets

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    ... of levers. A saying attributed to Archimedes is, give me a big enough lever and I could lift the world. We visit the temple of Apollo by day and by night when it looks good lit with floodlights. The temple is the ruins of Sicily's earliest Doric temple. ...