Church of Santa Maria della Pace

Oratory of Santo Stefano Protomartire

Oratory of Carminello

Sea Horse Fountain

The Fountain of the Sea Horse is an 18th-century fountain located in Piazza Santo Spirito in Palermo. The fountain was designed by the sculptor Ignazio Marabitti. Its original location was within the garden of the Ajutamicristo Palace.

In...

Fountain of the Two Dragons

Fontana D'Ercole

The Hercules Fountain is a fountain in Palermo dating back to the 19th century.

Located at the end of the homonymous avenue, which runs parallel to the Diana avenue through the Favorita park, the fountain is in pure neoclassical style. At...

Garraffello Fountain

The Garraffello Fountain is a fountain dating back to 1591. It is located in the square of the same name, within the Vucciria district, in the Castello a Mare ward of Palermo.

It should not be confused with the Garraffo fountain. Both...

Garraff Fountain

The Garaffo Fountain is a Baroque fountain dating back to 1698. It was once the center of the Vucciria Market square in Palermo. Its name, meaning "abundant with water," derives from the Arabic word *gharraf*.

Not to be confused with the...

Genius of Revolution Square

St. Anthony's Fountain

The Sant'Antonio Fountain is a Baroque fountain built in 1635 by Mariano Smiriglio and Vincenza La Barbera, initially located near the Sant'Antonio gate on Via Maqueda.

Due to the elimination of the gate, the fountain was moved to Piazza...

Doganella Fountain

The Doganella Fountain, also known as the Porto Salvo Fountain, is a Renaissance fountain in Palermo, designed by Antonello Gagini in 1526.

The fountain is located in front of the northern facade of the Church of Santa Maria di Porto...

Treasury of the Palatine Chapel

Hotel De France

The Hotel de France is a historic building in Palermo located in the Tribunali district. The building, dating back to the 17th century, was originally known as the "Castello di S. Onofrio", but at the end of the 19th century it was transformed by...

Grand Hotel Et Des Palmes

Palazzo Alliata di Pietratagliata

Palazzo Alliata of Villafranca

Originally owned by Aloisio Bologna in the 16th century, the palazzo later passed into the hands of the Alliata and Moncada families. It was restored after the 1751 earthquake by the architect Vaccarini.

The palazzo boasts a magnificent...

Palazzo Bonagia

Palazzo Bonocore

Palazzo Bonocore is a building in Palermo dating back to 1509. It forms part of the setting of Piazza Pretoria, and its current appearance dates back to the Lo Faso family, Dukes of Serradifalco. It was restored by the Superintendence for...

Palazzo Bordonaro

Palazzo Bordonaro is a 16th-century palace in Palermo, located in the Kalsa district.

The palace was built around the 16th century but underwent various transformations, first with the redefinition of the Cassaro and subsequently with the...

Branciforte Palace

Palazzo Comitini

Built between 1766 and 1771 by Michele Gravina and Crujllas, Prince of Comitini and Pretor of the city, who entrusted the work to the architect Nicolò Palma.

Since 1860, it has been the seat of the Provincial Administration. The frescoed...

Palazzo Jung

Built in the first half of the 19th century on Via Lincoln by the Barons of Verbumcaudo, in 1921 it became the residence of the Jung family, three Jewish brothers who arrived from Milan at the beginning of the 19th century to establish a large...

Palazzo Palagonia Alla Gancia

The Palazzo Gravina di Palagonia was enlarged and embellished in the 18th century, although the building's current sumptuous forms date back to the years between 1810 and 1857.

The project draws inspiration from examples of the Marvuglia...

Palazzo Scavuzzo

Palazzo Scavuzzo is a Renaissance palace in Palermo, located in Piazza Rivoluzione, in the Kalsa district.

The building dates back to the early 16th century, but its current appearance is due to a renovation at the end of the century by...

Palazzo Trabucco della Torretta

Royal Hotel of the Poor

Piazza Giulio Cesare

Piazza Giulio Cesare is a square in Palermo located just outside the historic center. The square was built in 1886 along with the new Palermo Centrale Station which faces it, the square is also the beginning of Via Roma.

In the center of...

Independence Square

Piazza Indipendenza, formerly known as Piazza Santa Teresa, is one of the most important central squares in the city due to the presence of significant buildings, such as Palazzo d'Orleans, seat of the Sicilian Regional Presidency, the rear...

Piazza Ruggero Settimo

Piazza Ruggero Settimo, along with Piazza Castelnuovo, is the most important square in Palermo. The two squares together are colloquially known as Piazza Politeama.

The square is located at the beginning of Via Libertà, where the street of...

Piazza San Domenico

Victory Square

Piazza Vittoria is an ancient square, almost perfectly square in shape, bordered by Corso Vittorio Emanuele on one side and Via del Bastione on the other, while the other two sides are bordered by buildings. Inside the square there is a large...

Piazza Vittorio Veneto

Piazza Vittorio Veneto is a square located at the end of Via Libertà. It is known for the presence of the Monument to the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Liberation of Palermo, later dedicated to the fallen of the First World War, around which there...

Vicar's Gate

The Vicari Gate (also known as the Sant'Antonino Gate) was one of the oldest gates of Palermo. The gate has been in its current location since the 17th century when it was originally built, and it underwent several modifications over the years....

Porta Montalto

Porta Montalto was an ancient gateway to the city. It was built in 1637 next to Porta Mazzara at the behest of Viceroy Don Luigi Guglielmo Moncada, Duke of Montalto (from whom it took its new name), as an alternative to this gate, which was...

Royal Gate

Porta Reale, also known as Porta Caterina, Porta delle Vittorie, or Porta di Santa Teresa, is a historic gate in Palermo. The gate was built in 1784 to replace the pre-existing Porta delle Vittorie, which dates back to the Arab domination of...

Porta Sant'Agata

Verdura Theater

Free Theater

The Teatro Libero is a theater in Palermo founded in 1968 by Beno Mazzone. Since 1973, it has been located in Vicolo Sant’Uffizio in Piazza Marina, where it transformed the former reception rooms of the Hotel de France, later a courthouse and...

Santa Cecilia Theater

Teatro Franco Zappalà

The Franco Zappalà Theater was founded on February 9, 1996 by Franco Zappalà and his father Nino, who is still the artistic director.