Ortigia, Prime Impressioni | Ortygia, First Impressions

Ortigia, Siracusa, Sicilia, Prime Impressioni – un film di un turista
Ortygia, Syracuse, Sicily, First Impressions – a tourist's film

I filmed this during a short walk on 26 August 2016. The island of Ortygia is the historic centre of Syracuse and is also known locally as Città Vecchia (Old City). The name comes from the Greek for "quail" (Ὀρτυγία) as the Titan goddess Asteria is said to have escaped the wrath of Zeus by turning into a quail and throwing herself into the sea, metamorphosing into the island Ortygia. Asteria's sister Leto gave birth to Artemis here. The fountain towards the end of this video (4:00) is the Fountain of Artemis. The Temple of Apollo (the twin brother of Artemis) can be see in the final shots (4:26).

Music by Tracing Arcs: https://sites.google.com/site/tracingarcs/
Sicilia 2016 playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6MZXaGDCZokUVhMXNb1mh2EygdbXKpnV

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