The Temple was unfinished, so they are not sure which god was being honored. It's 2500 years old and has never been damaged by natural elements, such as earthquakes. It did get hit by lightning recently, but the damage was minor.
I found it interesting that the guide's story about the Athenian army coming to Siracusa picked up where the story we heard at Delphi left off.
Close to the Temple area was a beautiful banquet facility. It had mosaic tile in the outside flooring and plants and cacti flourished everywhere. There was even a pool for the outside reception area.
The insidewas spacious, and that's where we made our pizzas for lunch. It was a lot of fun, and the people were so friiendly and accomodating. They even had gluten-free dough for Katelyn!
We traveled into Palermo, where we had a bus tour of the city. Since it was Sunday, it wasn't very crowded. Our guide said that most of the locals would be at the beach.
Then, it was on to the ferry (our last one!!!) for the trip to Naples. As ship pulled out of the the harbor, we saw the sun set on Sicily.
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