点评:I loved this visit for multiple reasons ... It's a Caravaggio - Burial of St Lucy (1608) It's WAY out of the touristy parts of Ortigia so there's hardly any crowd and the church visit and mausoleum visit is free. The area round the church is very real and authentic. We walked there on a warm sunny October morning, and got to see real Syracuse.
The church is handsome, with a large open square in front of it. Inside the building is quite simple and the Caravaggio is hanging where it was intended, above the altar. It's quite dark so initially I was disappointed but there is a facility to pay €1 and have the painting illuminated for 4 mins. Which lots of people did - so if you wait long enough you don't even need to pay the €1. However - a MUST SEE is the catacombs which you do have to pay for: 30 min tour, with a hard hat, and it's stunning.
Intrigued to read that there is an argument about moving the painting to Ortigia where 1000s more tourists will see it. (And pay €10 like in Malta...) I loved that it's in the church it was painted for, and outside the tourist centre - it was worth the walk, the authenticity of the building and the city around it, and the lack of tourists (even tho of course I am a tourist)
翻译:我喜欢这次参观,原因有很多……这是一幅卡拉瓦乔的《圣露西的葬礼》(1608年)。它远离奥提伽古城的旅游区,所以几乎没有人,而且参观教堂和陵墓都是免费的。教堂周围的环境非常真实。我们在一个温暖阳光明媚的十月早晨步行前往,看到了真正的锡拉库扎。
教堂很漂亮,前面有一个巨大的露天广场。建筑内部相当简朴,卡拉瓦乔的画作悬挂在它原本的位置,也就是祭坛上方。里面很暗,所以一开始我有点失望,但那里有一个活动,只要支付1欧元,就可以让这幅画在灯光下亮4分钟。很多人都这么做了——所以如果你等的时间足够长,你甚至不需要支付1欧元。然而,一定要去看看地下墓穴,但需要付费:30分钟的参观,戴着安全帽,景色令人叹为观止。
读到有人讨论把这幅画搬到奥提伽古城,这样能吸引成千上万的游客,我很感兴趣。(而且要像在马耳他一样,付10欧元……)我很喜欢这幅画放在它原本的教堂里,而且不在游客中心——值得走一趟,欣赏这栋建筑和周围城市的真实感,而且游客不多(当然,我也是游客)。