锡拉库萨的日落，西西里岛，意大利 Syracuse at sunset, Sicily, Italy (© Balate Dorin/Getty Images)

锡拉库萨的日落，西西里岛，意大利 Syracuse at sunset, Sicily, Italy (© Balate Dorin/Getty Images)

百代镌刻之城 A city written in centuries

锡拉库萨，西西里岛，意大利

意大利锡拉库萨（Syracuse）位于西西里岛，由来自科林斯的希腊移民于公元前 734 年左右建立。它曾发展成为古地中海最伟大的强权之一，现已被列入联合国教科文组织世界遗产名录——“锡拉库萨和潘塔立克石墓群”。这座城市永远与阿基米德（Archimedes）联系在一起，他的天才至今仍在塑造着城市的身份；同时也与柏拉图（Plato）紧密相连，他曾满怀着哲学可能重塑政治生活的希望来到此处。这种层叠的历史在马尼亚切城堡（Castello Maniace）中依然清晰可感，这座 13 世纪为神圣罗马帝国皇帝腓特烈二世建造的海滨要塞，至今仍令世人赞叹。

2009年，这座城堡成为了《锡拉库萨宣言》（Carta di Siracusa）的签署地，该文件聚焦于生物多样性以及自然、文化与发展之间的关系。锡拉库萨也为电影人提供了一个天然的舞台，从马塞洛·马斯楚安尼主演的《卡萨诺瓦70》到《夺宝奇兵：命运转盘》均在此取景。在这里，意大利不仅仅代表着阳光、美酒和佳肴：它更是依然在当下跳动着的鲜活历史。

Syracuse, Sicily, Italy

Founded by Greek settlers from Corinth around 734 BCE, the Italian city of Syracuse, on the island of Sicily, grew into one of the ancient Mediterranean's great powers and is now part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, 'Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica.' It is forever linked to Archimedes, whose genius still shapes its identity, and to Plato, who came to Syracuse hoping philosophy might shape political life. That layered past still feels tangible at Castello Maniace, a seafront fortress built for Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II in the 13th century, which can still be admired today.

In 2009, the castle provided the setting for the 'Carta di Siracusa,' a document centered on biodiversity and the relationship between nature, culture, and development. The city has also offered filmmakers a ready-made stage, from 'Casanova '70,' starring Marcello Mastroianni, to 'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.' Here, Italy is more than sunshine, wine, and good food: it is history still conjugated in the present.