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Ancient Sicily: Monuments Past and Present (Monuments Past & Present)

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This book is invaluable when visiting ancient monuments in Sicily because so many are in pieces with very little signage, and most of that is in Italian. The flip over pages show how wonderful these sites would have been and the visitor really can appreciate all the steps in designing and building them. In many cases, stones from the sites were used to build nearby towns, so the original sites are a jumble of leftover stones for the most part which mean nothing to the average visitor - this is why this book is vital.

This was a wonderful book to have during our recent trip to Sicily. While the sites are magnificent, it helped to have some idea what the buildings would have looked like when new. It is the only travel book that my husband was interested in during the trip.