View of Latomie del Paradiso in Syracuse, Sicily, Latomie del Paradiso, Siracusa, photograph, number: '2652', photographer: Giorgio Sommer, Syracuse (city), 1857 - 1914, pasteboard, paper, albumen print, height 198 mm x width 250 mm, quarry, A sepia-toned photograph of a deep rocky canyon with steep vertical cliffs and jagged rock faces, textured surfaces showing striations and erosion, patches of vegetation clinging to ledges and crevices, darker shadowed recesses between the cliffs, a plateau of lighter rock and sparse scrub at the top, and dense clusters of trees and bushes at the canyon base.
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View of Latomie del Paradiso in Syracuse, Sicily, Latomie del Paradiso, Siracusa, photograph, number: '2652', photographer: Giorgio Sommer, Syracuse (city), 1857 - 1914, pasteboard, paper, albumen print, height 198 mm x width 250 mm, quarry, A sepia-toned photograph of a deep rocky canyon with steep vertical cliffs and jagged rock faces, textured surfaces showing striations and erosion, patches of vegetation clinging to ledges and crevices, darker shadowed recesses between the cliffs, a plateau of lighter rock and sparse scrub at the top, and dense clusters of trees and bushes at the canyon base.

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View Latomie del Paradiso Syracuse Sicily Siracusa photograph number 2652 photographer Giorgio Sommer city 1857 - 1914 pasteboard paper albumen print height 198 mm x width 250 mm quarry sepia-toned photograph deep rocky canyon steep vertical cliffs jagged rock faces textured surfaces showing striations erosion patches vegetation clinging ledges crevices darker shadowed recesses cliffs plateau lighter rock sparse scrub top dense clusters trees bushes canyon base

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