A street corner in Erice, Sicily. I think I admitted to my love for time-worn details before … There are quite a number of tourists, but they tend not to stay the night. © 2016 Fred S. Wouters
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Detail of the conference centre
Erice is a city dedicated to science. This is a detail of one of the conference venues, a former church with majestic corners and ornaments. It attracts many confused tourists who enter in expectation of church grandeur.
The streets of Erice
Another black-and-white photograph of Erice. This little city is timeless. The entire city is paved with these cobble stones that are arranged in lanes. The buildings al have the same brownish colour. A wonderful little city to walk around in and take in the atmosphere. © 2016 Fred S. Wouters
Farmacia
A pharmacist waiting for customers in Erice, Sicily. I like the atmosphere with the cobble stones and iron window shutters. © 2016 Fred S. Wouters
Emerging strong from the ruins
At the archeological site in Selinunte, Sicily. Walk like an Egyptian in the Greek ruins in Italy. Besides the ruins, there are a number of very well preserved temples at this site. © 2016 Fred S. Wouters
Weighed down roof tiles
Apparently a time-tested remedy for roof tiles flying off during storms. Put some stones on them! Then again, you could end up having additional heavy things fly about in really strong winds. © 2016 Fred S. Wouters
Classical balcony
Sicily has the largest greek ruins outside of Greece. But not in Erice. Or maybe a little. As part of the decoration of this balcony. © 2016 Fred S. Wouters
Swift
The first photograph of the web site. This was taken from the castle in Erice, a medieval village in Sicily, in early spring this year. The layered rock on which the village is built is visually very pleasing and buildings were erected on precipitous sites as you can see in this example. In the back you can just about make out the skyline and waves of the sea. It took quite a number of photos to capture the one swift where I wanted it to be. Loved the screeching sound of the swifts. And the German word for these animals is quite poetic: Mauersegler, which translates to ‘wall sailer’.
I will post some more photos from this location. Photographs on this site will not be in chronological order. © 2016 Fred S. Wouters