Sujet

The Slate Quarries, Syracusa, Sicily, c1970s. Creator: Arthur Charles Kirby Ware.

Légende

The Slate Quarries, Syracusa, Sicily, c1970s. Worked by 'The Tyrants'. The Latomia dei Cappuccini, one of the oldest in Syracuse, is notorious as the place where seven thousand Athenians were forced to work after they had been defeated by the Syracusans in the 5th century BCE. Many of the Athenians they died from malnutrition and exposure. The first stone cutters appear to have been active in the sixth century BCE.

Date

1970

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Ware in the World

Notre référence

HRM26A47_229

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

78.0Mo (3.4Mo) / 44.3cm x 44.1cm / 5229 x 5211 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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