Modica
Modica Alta is the older part of the city perched on a hill with many narrow steps and alleyways leading to the lower part. Much of the city was rebuilt after an earthquake in 1693, in a Sicilian Baroque style including the cathedral San Giorgio.
Modica
Laundry hanging to dry over the tangle of alleways.
Early Morning Fishing, Augusta
Each morning this fisherman single hand-idly pulled in his nets and reset them after bringing his catch aboard.
Ortigia Market
In typical Italian fashion this vendor handled phone calls, sliced tuna and hawked his fish to passing customers, with arms flailing constantly.
Ortegia
Sardines fresh from the sea.
Ortegia
Cleaning tuna
Mount Etna
Etna looms ominously over Catania. The white patches of cloud near the top are actually smoke leaking through fissures of the volcano.
Ragusa
A cat sheltering under the shade of a parked Ape
Ragusa
A restored alter to Sante Giovanni Baptista Protector of Chiaramonti