srfmhg Loc: Marin County, CA

We departed our hotel in Ortigia for the 40 minute bus ride to the UNESCO town of Noto. On the way, just outside of Siracusa, we made a brief stop at the Syracuse War Cemetary.

Syracuse War Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of World War II located near Syracuse on the island of Sicily.

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The site of the cemetery was selected in 1943 at an early stage in the operations for the capture of Sicily. In this cemetery most of the graves are those of men who lost their lives in the landings in Sicily on 10 July 1943, as part of the early stages of the campaign to capture the island (Operation Husky).

They include those of a considerable number who belonged to the airborne force that was landed immediately west of the town during the night 9–10 July. Graves were brought into Syracuse War Cemetery from as far north as Lentini. There is one grave for a casualty from World War I, a merchant seaman who was originally buried in the Marsala British Cemetery. In addition, three special memorials commemorate men known to have been originally buried in other cemeteries in the region, but whose graves could not be found on concentration.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse_War_Cemetery

Syracuse War Cemetery is located in the Contrada of Canalicchio in the Commune and Province of Syracuse. It lies 3 kilometres west of Syracuse. Turn left at the end of the Catania to Syracuse autostrada and the cemetery will be found approximately 5 kilometres along on the left hand side. Cemetery address: Via Per Floridia, 10 Contrada Canalicchio - 96100 Syracuse (SR) Sicily. GPS Co-ordinates: Latitude: 37.074765, Longitude: 15.257977.

All of the images (except the first 3 at 1/250 when the bus was stopped) were taken from the tour bus windows with a Nikon D7500 and a Nikkor 18-300 f3.5-5.6 lens at f11, 1/640 sec, auto ISO. Post processing with Luminar Neo
I hope you enjoy these!
Mark

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Approaching Noto

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srfmhg Loc: Marin County, CA

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Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

srfmhg Loc: Marin County, CA

Thanks Bill.

DJphoto Loc: SF Bay Area

Another excellent set Mark. I'm still amazed at the quality of your photos through the tour bus windows. I suspect it was a very solemn feeling at the cemetery. Was the cemetery for the dead of all of the countries? We visited the Florence American Cemetery last year, and it is a United States cemetery located just outside of Florence.

srfmhg Loc: Marin County, CA

Thanks very much Dennis. The cemetery contains graves of the allied forces who landed near Syracuse as well as Italians who changed sides shortly after the invasion.
https://www.cwgc.org/visit-us/find-cemeteries-memorials/cemetery-details/2000407/syracuse-war-cemetery-sicily/

NMGal Loc: NE NM

Very pleasing.

srfmhg Loc: Marin County, CA

Thanks very much Barbara.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

Great set!! Mark

srfmhg Loc: Marin County, CA

Thanks very much Frank.

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

How anyone can do so well through tour bus windows still amazes me, Mark.

srfmhg Loc: Marin County, CA

Thanks very much Ken. High shutter speed, clean windows and occasionally cloning out glare!

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Another very nice tour, Mark!

srfmhg Loc: Marin County, CA

Thanks very much Mike.

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

Wonderful set, Mark. Loved seeing the cemetery and surrounding area. Very nicely done.