The Paolo Orsi Museum in Syracuse
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008“The glory Sicily had with the Greek colonies of two thousand five hundred years ago was the high point of Sicilian history,” said the museum display in the “Paolo Orsi” Museum in Syracuse, Sicily. “Modern Sicily is a shadow of the greatness it had under the Greeks.” This fact written by persons who were not Greek totally astonished me during the 2005 Arba Sicula (Sicilian dawn) Tour. It continued to mesmerize me during my return visit in the 2008 Arba Sicula tour.
The “Paolo Orsi” Regional Archaeological Museum of Syracuse, Sicily is one of the foremost institutions in Europe. It was built in the park of the Villa Landolina. It is dedicated to Paolo Orsi, an archaeologist and expert in Hellenic and pre-Hellenic civilizations. The building is nine thousand square meters of exhibition space on two floors. Eighteen thousand archaeological finds are displayed from the city of Syracuse and eastern regions of Sicily.
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Following the success of last year, Sicily opens some of its churches, museums and archeological sites through midnight this month of August. The Sicilian department of culture announced that 50 special interest sites will stay open at night for a couple of days per week. Two sites in Agrigento, three in Caltanissetta, six in Catania, four in Enna, seven in Messina, nine in Palermo, two in Ragusa, three in Siracusa and three in Trapani will charge residents only one Euro to enter. The late opening of these sites will be accompanied by concerts and shows. Three sites will open to the public for their first time: the Roman Villa in Patti Marina, the archeological site of Halaesa in Tusa e the one in Giardini Naxos, all in the Messina province.