Balcony sculpture, Palazzo la Rocca, Ragusa, Sicily, Italy

Sculpted figures of a couple embracing and 2 children cuddling, beneath 1 of the 8 balconies on the Baroque Palazzo la Rocca, built 1760-80 for the Baron of Sant'Ippolito, Don Saverio la Rocca, on Via Capitano Bocchieri in Ragusa Ibla, in Sicily, Italy. The town is split into the lower and older town of Ragusa Ibla, and the higher upper town of Ragusa Superiore, separated by the Valle dei Ponti. It is built on the site of an ancient city, inhabited by Sicels, Greeks, Carthaginians, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs and Normans. In 1693 it was devastated by an earthquake, and was rebuilt in the Baroque style. The town forms part of the Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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