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Via Ruggero Settimo is one of the main streets in Palermo. Together with the perpendicular streets Principe di Belmonte and Generale Magliocco, it is considered the heart of Palermo. It extends for about 350 meters from, following the direction...
San Giuseppe dei Teatini is a church in the Sicilian city of Palermo. It is located near the Quattro Canti, and is considered one of the most outstanding examples of the Sicilian Baroque in Palermo.The church was built at the beginning of...
The Palazzo Riso, or RISO, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea della Sicilia (RISO, Contemporary Art Museum of Sicily also known as Palazzo Belmonte Riso), is a regional contemporary art museum.The Palazzo Riso's architecture clearly shows the...
Palazzo Valguarnera-Gangi is the large ancestral townhouse first of the Princes Valguarnera and then of the Princes Gangi, situated in the Piazza Croce dei Vespri, Palermo, Sicily. The house was constructed in several phases during the 18th...
Piazza Pretoria also known as square of Shame is at the limits of the district of Kalsa, near the corner of Cassaro with Via Maqueda, just a few meters from the Quattro Canti, the exact center of the historic city of Palermo .In 1573 the...
Mondello is a small borough of the city of Palermo. Its beach lies between two cliffs called Mount Gallo and Mount Pellegrino. The town was originally a small fishing village situated on marshland, but at the end of the 19th century it grew into...
The church was built in 1490-1520, designed by Matteo Carnilivari. The name derives from the presence, on one of the walls, of a chain (Italian: catena) which closed the Cala port.The work mixes late Renaissance style and Gothic-Catalan...
The Cathedral Treasury contains goblets, vestments, monstrances, a 14th-century breviary and the famous Crown of Constance of Sicily, a golden tiara found in her tomb in 1491.
Porta Nuova, located adjacent to the Palazzo dei Normanni, has been the most important land access to Palermo for centuries. From it, Corso Vittorio Emanuele, or Cassaro, the city's main artery, and, on the outside, the road to Monreale,...
San Giovanni dei Lebbrosi is an ancient church in Palermo, Sicily. While built by the Norman rulers, the architecture has strong Arabic influences. The builders may have been Fatimid architects. The church in 1119 was attached to a leprosarium,...
The Giuseppe S. Vaiana Astronomical Observatory is an astronomical observatory housed inside the Palazzo dei Normanni. It is one of the research facilities of the National Institute of Astrophysics. It was founded in 1790 by Ferdinand I...
The Palazzo Sclafani is a palace in Palermo, southern Italy, situated near the city's cathedral and the Palazzo dei Normanni. Constructed in 1330 by lord Matteo Sclafani, Count of Adernò, its design was in competition with his brother-in-law's...
Castello a Mare or Castellammare is an ancient fortress that guarded the entrance to the port at Palermo in La Cala. Extensive remains are visible and open to the public, including an Arab-Norman keep and a sophisticated Renaissance...
The Palazzo Riso, or RISO, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea della Sicilia (RISO, Contemporary Art Museum of Sicily also known as Palazzo Belmonte Riso), is a regional contemporary art museum located in the ancient Corso Vittorio Emanuele, Palermo,...
The Foro Italico is a lawn along the seafront of Palermo. In 1582 Vice-King Marco Antonio Colonna created a walking path in this part of the coast, that became a favorite destination for the leisure of the upper classes of the city in the...
Palazzo Isnello (also known as Palazzo Termine d'Isnello or Palazzo Sant'Antimo al Cassaro) is an historic palazzo situated between the ancient via del Cassaro and Piazza Borsa, in the Kalsa quarter.On the piano nobile of the house, the vault...
The Villa Giulia, also known as Villa del Popolo, and as Villa Flor is a park in Palermo, lying to the east of the botanical gardens. The park was commissioned by magistrate D. Antonino La Grua e Talamanca, marquis of Regalmici, in 1777 with...
Stadio Renzo Barbera (previously and still commonly known as Stadio La Favorita) is a football stadium in Palermo. It is currently home of U.S. Città di Palermo football team. The stadium was inaugurated on January 24, 1932 and was named Stadio...
The church was built between 1598 and 1622 by the Filippini Fathers, who settled in Palermo in 1594, based on a design by Antonio Muttone. The facade, completed between 1655 and 1690, is characterized by the presence of two twin bell towers, a...
The Museum was founded in 1980 to exhibit the art collections of the Banco di Sicilia. The first core of the heritage dates back to the late 1950s, when the Ministry of Public Education agreed to entrust the Banco di Sicilia with 320 pieces of...
The Orléans Park is part of the villa of the same name, which houses the headquarters of the Presidency of the Sicilian Region. The park was built around the middle of the 19th century and was used for a long time as a place for agricultural...
