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In Palermo don’t miss:
the Cathedral - honey-coloured and Catalan influenced
the Quattro Canti - the symbolic crossroads at the old centre of the city and the nearby small, but pretty La Martorana church with byzantine mosaics inside.
the Museo Archeologico
the Catacombe dei Cappuccini
the Palazzo dei Normanni. Inside, don't miss the mosaics in the Cappella Palatina and the old Royal Apartments
the 'street markets', especially near the Piazza del Carmine and Vucciria.
Monreale - a village/suburb 8 km west of Palermo, sitting on the hill with a great view back towards the city and the sea. Be sure to visit the Duomo (Cathedral) and it's cloisters too.
the Piazza Pretoria, including the Fontana Pretoria
The Gesu Church is one of the most architecturally important highly decorated in Palermo. Constructed between 1564–1633, it's late date of completion resulted in an abundant use of polychrome marbles on both floors and walls. This form of decoration, which gradually evolved in Sicily from the beginning of the 17th century, was to mark the beginning of the Sicilian Baroque period, which was to give Sicily almost an architectural national identity.
San Giovanni degli Eremiti. Old church ruin and nice garden.
Cappella Palatina
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