Sicily & Malta: Some Photos

Here are some other photos I took to document our recent trip.

Kathy at the entrance to the Monreale Duomo.

Altar of the Monreale Cathedral.

Detail of the Monreale Cathedral’s nave.

Detail of a gate near the Palermo Cathedral.

The Palermo Cathedral.

Back of the Palermo Cathedral.

Street Madonna in central Palermo.

Ceilng of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in central Palermo.

Side altar detail at the Church of the Immaculate Conception.

Altar of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in central Palermo.

Approaching the Temple of Juno in Agrigento.

Another view of the Temple of Juno.

Concordia Temple in Agrigento.

Remains of the Temple of Hercules in Agrigento.

View of Agrigento.

Public part of the Roman villa at Piazza Armerina.

Part of the villa’s spa.

Mosaic detail — hunting scene — at the Roman villa.

Mosaic floor of the villa’s dining hall.

Another part of the same room.

The Roman villa’s dinng hall.

The Prefect’s bedroom in the family part of the villa.

The Ortigia cathedral. (Photo by Jerry Defelice.)

An acoustically lively cave at the amphitheater’s quarry in Siracusa.

Remains of the limestone quarry from which the Greek amphitheater at Siracusa was carved.

Kathy in Catania.

Mount Etna’s eastern slope.

Church and plaza in Taormina.

Another view of the same plaza in Taormina.

Drilling for Armistice Day in Valletta.

Public park in Valletta overlooking the Grand Harbor.

Tempietto in the same park honoring a local worthy.

A small boat in Malta’s Grand Harbor.

One of the “auberges” of the Knights of St. John.

Housing in Valletta, rebuilt after WW2 in traditional style.

Interior view of the M’Dina Cathedral.

Another view of the M’Dina Cathedral interior.

Lunch at the Ortygia restaurant in Valletta.

St. Julian’s waterfront in Malta.

Lunch scene in St. Julian.

Along the promenade at the Silema waterfront.