Taormina and Messina

On the train to Taormina

Teatro Antico- the ancient theater. Aka the Teatro Greco or the Greek Roman Theater. The most important monument in Taormina. It is the second largest classical theater in Sicily. Build during the Greek era 3rd century BC and entirely rebuilt by the Romans in the second century AD. 

This starts the pictures from Messina

Duomo - Cathedral

Campanile del Duomo - Bell tower of the Cathedral. This is a mechanical bell tower built in the 12th century. It is the biggest mechanical clock in the world connected to symbolical and allegorical moving metal statues. Think gigantic coo coo clock. It still accurately tells the time and date. 

Ercolano and Napoli

Mount Vesuvius

Ercolano. They have uncovered only about 30% of the city. Most of it is still buried below the current city. 

The rooms at the bottom of the picture used to be the edge of the town and where the water from the sea was located. After the volcano erupted the land increased about 300m which is where the water is located now. In these rooms there are approximately 300 people who tried to escape the eruption. 

The rest of these pictures are of Napoli