Palace of the Normans - Palatine Chapel

The Palazzo dei Normanni (in English, Palace of the Normans) or Royal Palace of Palermo was the seat of the Kings of Sicily during the Norman domination and served afterwards as the main seat of power for the subsequent rulers of Sicily. Today it...

Regional Archaeological Museum Antonio Salinas

The Regional Archeological Museum Antonio Salinas (Italian: Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonio Salinas) possesses one of the richest collections of Punic and Ancient Greek art in Italy, as well as many items related to the history of Sicily....

Church of Martorana

The church of Santa Maria dell'Ammiraglio, seat of the parish Parrocchia San Nicolò dei Greci (Klisha e Shën Kollit së Arbëreshëvet in Albanian), commonly called the Martorana, overlooking the Piazza Bellini in Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy....

Cathedral of Palermo

Palermo Cathedral is an architectural complex characterized by the presence of different styles, due to a long history of additions, alterations and restorations, the last of which occurred in the 18th century.

The church was erected in...

Palazzo Abatellis

Palazzo Abatellis (also known as Palazzo Patella) is a palace located in the Kalsa quarter. It is home to the Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, the Gallery of Art for the Sicilian region.


The palazzo, an example of Gothic-Catalan...

Four Canti - Piazza Vigliena

Quattro Canti, officially known as Piazza Vigliena, is a Baroque square in Palermo.

It was laid out on the orders of the Viceroys between 1608-1620 by Giulio Lasso at the crossing of the two principal streets in Palermo, the Via Maqueda...

Church of San Giovanni degli Eremiti

San Giovanni degli Eremiti (St. John of the Hermits) is a church in Palermo, southern Italy, near the Palazzo dei Normanni.

The church's origins date to the 6th century. Later, after the Islamic conquest of Sicily, it was converted into a...

Convent and Catacombs of Capuchins

The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo (also Catacombe dei Cappuccini or Catacombs of the Capuchins) are burial catacombs in Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy. Today they provide a somewhat macabre tourist attraction as well as an extraordinary...

Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele

The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located on the Piazza Verdi in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the...

Regional Gallery of Sicily

Museum of Marionettes

Church of San Cataldo

The Chiesa di San Cataldo is a church of the Sicilian city of Palermo, on the central Piazza Bellini. It is a notable example of the Arabian - Norman architecture which flourished in Sicily under the Norman domination of the island. The church is...

Oratory of the Rosary of Saint Cita

Pretoria Fountain

Castle of the Zisa

The Zisa is a castle in the western part of Palermo.The construction was begun in the 12th century by Arabian craftsmen for king William I of Sicily, and completed by his son William II. The edifice had been conceived as summer residence for the...

Oratory of the Rosary of St. Dominic

Church of San Domenico

Church of Santa Maria del Spasimo

Santa Maria dello Spasimo, or Lo Spasimo, is an unfinished Catholic church in the Kalsa neighborhood in Palermo, Sicily, on Via dello Spasimo.

Construction of the church and accompanying monastery of the Olivetan Order began in 1509 with a...

Botanical Garden

The Orto Botanico di Palermo (Palermo Botanical Garden) is both a botanical garden and a research and educational institution of the Department of Botany of the University of Palermo. The garden lies within the city of Palermo, at 10 m (33 feet)...

Oratory of St. Lawrence

Church of Jesus

The Church of the Gesù (chiesa del Gesù), Church of Saint Mary of Gesu (chiesa di Santa Maria di Gesù) or Casa Professa is one of the most important Baroque churches in the Italian city of Palermo and in all of Sicily.

The Jesuits arrived...

Piazza Ballarò

Favorita Park

Via Roma

Palazzo Chiaramonte-Steri Museum

Palazzo Chiaramonte-Steri is a historical palace in Palermo. The building was begun in the early 14th century, and was the residence of the powerful Sicilian lord Manfredi III Chiaramonte. He commissioned the decoration of the Sala Magna ("Grand...

Church of St. Catherine

Castle of Cuba

The Cuba is a palace built in 1180 by William II of Sicily in his great Royal Park, as his personal recreation pavilion, together with an artificial lake: it shows strong Fatimid art influences, as it was (at least partially) designed and...

Villa Malfitano Whitaker

Palazzo Ajutamicristo

Palazzo Ajutamicristo is a palace constructed between 1495 and 1501 by Guglielmo Ajutamicristo, Baron of Misilmeri and Calatafimi. Originally a merchant Ajutamicristo made his fortune trading in Sicilian cheese and cereals. The palazzo was built...

Diocesan Museum

Mirto Palace

Via Maqueda

Fountain of the Genius at Villa Giulia

The Fontana del Genio a Villa Giulia or Genio di Villa Giulia is a sculpted water fountain in the park of the Villa Giulia in Palermo. 

It was sculpted by Ignazio Marabitti in 1778 and shows the Genius of Palermo.

Teatro Politeama Garibaldi

Museum of Islamic Art

Basilica La Magione

Palazzo Pretorio - Municipality of Palermo

La Cala

Gate of the Greeks

Church of Santa Cita