Ear of Dionysius

The Ear of Dionysius is a limestone cave carved out of the Temenites hill in the city of Syracuse, on the island of Sicily in Italy. Its name, given by the painter Michelangelo da Caravaggio, comes from its similarity in shape to the human ear; it has also been linked to a legend that the tyrant Dionysius I of Syracuse engineered or used the cave's acoustic properties to amplify the voices or screams of prisoners interred and tortured there.

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  Ipogeo ⓘ
  museum in Italy

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  Cava Grande ⓘ
  

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  Dieri di Baulì ⓘ
  

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  Ear of Dionysius ⓘ
  limestone cave and former quarry in Syracuse, Sicily, Italy

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  Grotta dei Briganti ⓘ
  

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  Grotta dei Cordari ⓘ
  grotto in Syracuse, Italy

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  Grotta Perciola ⓘ
  

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  Latomia del Paradiso ⓘ
  cave in the Neapolis archaeological park, Syracuse, Italy

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  Timpa dieri ⓘ
  

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  Latomie of Siracusa ⓘ
  historical quarries in Syracuse, Italy

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Orecchio di Dionisio (Syracuse) Portal

Syrakus Ohr des Dionysios

Steinbruch "Ohr des Dionysios" in Syrakus auf Sizilien - LABW - Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe 69 Baden, Sammlung 1995 F I Nr. 91, 174

Ear of Dionysius Siracuse

Orecchio di Dionisio (Syracuse) 01 (js)

EarofDionysius

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Ear of Dionysus (356526952)

Italy, Syracuse, ear of Dionysios

Italy, Syracuse, ear of Dionysios

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
site	bunker		Ipogeo	air-raid shelter, tunnel, museum	Wikidata
site	cave		Cava Grande	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Dieri di Baulì	dieri	Wikidata
site	cave		Ear of Dionysius	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Grotta dei Briganti	human settlement, cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Grotta dei Cordari	cave, grotto	Wikidata
site	cave		Grotta Perciola	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Latomia del Paradiso	latomiae, cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Timpa dieri	dieri	Wikidata
site	mine		Latomie of Siracusa	quarry	Wikidata
commons	image		Orecchio di Dionisio (Syracuse) Portal		Commons
commons	image		Syrakus Ohr des Dionysios		Commons
commons	image		Steinbruch "Ohr des Dionysios" in Syrakus auf Sizilien - LABW - Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe 69 Baden, Sammlung 1995 F I Nr. 91, 174		Commons
commons	image		Ear of Dionysius Siracuse		Commons
commons	image		Orecchio di Dionisio (Syracuse) 01 (js)		Commons
commons	image		EarofDionysius		Commons
commons	image		J5.Syracuse9		Commons
commons	image		Ear of Dionysus (356526952)		Commons
commons	image		Italy, Syracuse, ear of Dionysios		Commons
commons	image		Italy, Syracuse, ear of Dionysios		Commons