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Capaci
is near the city, the airport and is at the center of all tourist routes
in Western Sicily. You take the highway directly to: Palermo (15 km, 10
minutes), airport (15 km, 7 minutes) Segesta (45 km, 25 minutes) Trapani
(85 km, 40 minutes), Erice (90 km, 45 minutes), Selinunte (100 km, 60
minutes), Cefalu (80 km, 45 minutes). For Agrigento, take the expressway
(130 km, 90 minutes)
Capacities there is much to say: The hermitage of
Santa Rosalia, history,
land, art and culture, please visit the
City of Capaci.
2.3 - The Puppet Theater in via Vittorio Emanuele,
Cuticchio are famous in Palermo at
LentiniOnLine
the list of Puppet Theater
4,5,6,7 -
The Arab-style Norman Cathedral, was the church, then mosque,
and asked again, still more than Islamic architecture a Koranic
inscription in the left column. Inside there is the tomb of the "Stupor
Mundi", the Emperor Frederick II.
8.9 -
The Martorana church in Byzantine style Orthodox church of San
Cataldo advance the Arab-style Norman wanted by
Maione of Bari
10,11,12 -
St. John of the Hermits
is built around a garden with a large
variety of trees includes the "Arab room" rectangular piece of a
tenth-century Muslim mosque, and church with cloister part of the
monastery founded by Roger II
13.14 -
Theater Massimo
of Palermo, the largest in Europe. The photos
were made during the Christmas period
15 - The theater Politeama
16 -
The Chinese
Villa
17 - Villa Niscemi, home of the mayor of Palermo; portrait of Federico
II
18 - The Charleston in Mondello
Places to visit in Palermo are many: the Norman Palace and Palatine
Chapel, The Cathedral of Monreale, the tombs of the Capuchins, La Zisa.
Castle Utveggio, La Cuba, La Church di S. John Lepers, etc.. Look back
at:
Wikipedia
(en)
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Palermo in the Middle Ages,
Sicily
in picture
Paradox Place
An overview of images on Monreale (Duomo), Cefalu (the cathedral),
Segesta (greek temple, an amphitheater, the area of the mosque), The
Salines of Trapani, The town of Erice, the temples of Selinunte and
Agrigento. |