Ear of Dionysius

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Orecchio di Dionisio Ear of Dionysius
Orecchio di Dionisio
Location	Syracuse (SR, Sicily, Italy)
Coordinates	37°04′34.45″N 15°16′34.50″E / 37.0762361°N 15.2762500°E / 37.0762361; 15.2762500
Depth	70 metres (230 ft)
Length	65 metres (213 ft)
Elevation	400 amsl
Entrances	1
Website	Orecchio di Dionisio

The Ear of Dionysius (Italian: Orecchio di Dionisio) 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. The name is also linked to echoes in the cave.^{[citation needed]}